NAME

       match::simple - simplified clone of smartmatch operator

SYNOPSIS

          use v5.10;
          use match::simple;

          if ($this |M| $that)
          {
             say "$this matches $that";
          }

DESCRIPTION

       match::simple provides a simple match operator "|M|" that acts like a sane subset of the (as of Perl
       5.18) deprecated smart match operator.  Unlike smart match, the behaviour of the match is determined
       entirely by the operand on the right hand side.

       •   If the right hand side is "undef", then there is only a match if the left hand side is also "undef".

       •   If the right hand side is a non-reference, then the match is a simple string match.

       •   If the right hand side is a reference to a regexp, then the left hand is evaluated .

       •   If the right hand side is a code reference, then it is called in a boolean context with the left hand
           side being passed as an argument.

       •   If  the  right  hand  side  is an object which provides a "MATCH" method, then it this is called as a
           method, with the left hand side being passed as an argument.

       •   If the right hand side is an object which overloads "~~", then a true smart match is performed.

       •   If the right hand side is an arrayref, then the operator recurses into  the  array,  with  the  match
           succeeding if the left hand side matches any array element.

       •   If any other value appears on the right hand side, the operator will croak.

       If you don't like the crazy Sub::Infix operator, you can alternatively export a more normal function:

          use v5.10;
          use match::simple qw(match);

          if (match($this, $that))
          {
             say "$this matches $that";
          }

BUGS

       Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=match-simple>.

SEE ALSO

       match::smart.

       This module uses Exporter::TypeTiny.

AUTHOR

       Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Toby Inkster.

       This  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute  it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5
       programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

       THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT  ANY  EXPRESS  OR  IMPLIED  WARRANTIES,  INCLUDING,  WITHOUT
       LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

perl v5.18.1                                       2013-05-20                                 match::simple(3pm)