--- /dev/null
+##############################################################################
+# $URL: http://perlcritic.tigris.org/svn/perlcritic/trunk/Perl-Critic/lib/Perl/Critic/Policy/BuiltinFunctions/ProhibitBooleanGrep.pm $
+# $Date: 2008-07-03 10:19:10 -0500 (Thu, 03 Jul 2008) $
+# $Author: clonezone $
+# $Revision: 2489 $
+##############################################################################
+
+package Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitBooleanGrep;
+
+use 5.006001;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Readonly;
+
+use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :severities :classification hashify };
+use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy';
+
+our $VERSION = '1.088';
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{"grep" used in boolean context};
+Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => [71,72];
+
+Readonly::Hash my %POSTFIX_CONDITIONALS => hashify( qw(if unless while until) );
+Readonly::Hash my %BOOLEAN_OPERATORS => hashify( qw(&& || ! not or and));
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub supported_parameters { return () }
+sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_LOW }
+sub default_themes { return qw( core pbp performance ) }
+sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Token::Word' }
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub violates {
+ my ( $self, $elem, undef ) = @_;
+
+ return if $elem ne 'grep';
+ return if not is_function_call($elem);
+ return if not _is_in_boolean_context($elem);
+
+ return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem );
+}
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub _is_in_boolean_context {
+ my ($token) = @_;
+
+ return _does_prev_sibling_cause_boolean($token) || _does_parent_cause_boolean($token);
+}
+
+sub _does_prev_sibling_cause_boolean {
+ my ($token) = @_;
+
+ my $prev = $token->sprevious_sibling;
+ return if !$prev;
+ return 1 if $prev->isa('PPI::Token::Word') and $POSTFIX_CONDITIONALS{$prev};
+ return if not ($prev->isa('PPI::Token::Operator') and $BOOLEAN_OPERATORS{$prev});
+ my $next = $token->snext_sibling;
+ return 1 if not $next; # bizarre: grep with no arguments
+
+ # loose heuristic: unparenthesized grep has no following non-boolean operators
+ return 1 if not $next->isa('PPI::Structure::List');
+
+ $next = $next->snext_sibling;
+ return 1 if not $next;
+ return 1 if $next->isa('PPI::Token::Operator') and $BOOLEAN_OPERATORS{$next};
+ return;
+}
+
+sub _does_parent_cause_boolean {
+ my ($token) = @_;
+
+ my $prev = $token->sprevious_sibling;
+ return if $prev;
+ my $parent = $token->statement->parent;
+ for (my $node = $parent; $node; $node = $node->parent) { ##no critic 'CStyleForLoop'
+ next if $node->isa('PPI::Structure::List');
+ return 1 if $node->isa('PPI::Structure::Condition');
+ }
+
+ return;
+}
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitBooleanGrep - Use C<List::MoreUtils::any> instead of C<grep> in boolean context.
+
+=head1 AFFILIATION
+
+This Policy is part of the core L<Perl::Critic> distribution.
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Using C<grep> in boolean context is a common idiom for checking if any
+elements in a list match a condition. This works because boolean context is a
+subset of scalar context, and grep returns the number of matches in scalar
+context. A non-zero number of matches means a match.
+
+But consider the case of a long array where the first element is a match.
+Boolean C<grep> still checks all of the rest of the elements needlessly.
+Instead, a better solution is to use the C<any> function from
+L<List::MoreUtils>, which short-circuits after the first successful match to
+save time.
+
+
+=head1 CONFIGURATION
+
+This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
+
+
+=head1 CAVEATS
+
+The algorithm for detecting boolean context takes a LOT of shortcuts. There
+are lots of known false negatives. But, I was conservative in writing this,
+so I hope there are no false positives.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>
+
+=head1 CREDITS
+
+Initial development of this policy was supported by a grant from the Perl
+Foundation.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Chris Dolan. Many rights reserved.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license
+can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
+
+=cut
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: cperl
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
+# fill-column: 78
+# indent-tabs-mode: nil
+# c-indentation-style: bsd
+# End:
+# ex: set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 tw=78 ft=perl expandtab shiftround :