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+##############################################################################
+# $URL: http://perlcritic.tigris.org/svn/perlcritic/trunk/Perl-Critic/lib/Perl/Critic/Policy/Subroutines/ProhibitExcessComplexity.pm $
+# $Date: 2008-07-03 10:19:10 -0500 (Thu, 03 Jul 2008) $
+# $Author: clonezone $
+# $Revision: 2489 $
+##############################################################################
+
+package Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity;
+
+use 5.006001;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Readonly;
+
+use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :severities :data_conversion :classification };
+use Perl::Critic::Utils::McCabe qw{ calculate_mccabe_of_sub };
+
+use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy';
+
+our $VERSION = '1.088';
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => q{Consider refactoring};
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub supported_parameters {
+ return (
+ {
+ name => 'max_mccabe',
+ description => 'The maximum complexity score allowed.',
+ default_string => '20',
+ behavior => 'integer',
+ integer_minimum => 1,
+ },
+ );
+}
+
+sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_MEDIUM }
+sub default_themes { return qw(core complexity maintenance) }
+sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Statement::Sub' }
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub violates {
+ my ( $self, $elem, undef ) = @_;
+
+ my $score = calculate_mccabe_of_sub( $elem );
+
+ # Is it too complex?
+ return if $score <= $self->{_max_mccabe};
+
+ my $desc = qq{Subroutine with high complexity score ($score)};
+ return $self->violation( $desc, $EXPL, $elem );
+}
+
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=for stopwords McCabe
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity - Minimize complexity by factoring code into smaller subroutines.
+
+=head1 AFFILIATION
+
+This Policy is part of the core L<Perl::Critic> distribution.
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+All else being equal, complicated code is more error-prone and more
+expensive to maintain than simpler code. The first step towards
+managing complexity is to establish formal complexity metrics. One
+such metric is the McCabe score, which describes the number of
+possible paths through a subroutine. This Policy approximates the
+McCabe score by summing the number of conditional statements and
+operators within a subroutine. Research has shown that a McCabe score
+higher than 20 is a sign of high-risk, potentially untestable code.
+See L<http://www.sei.cmu.edu/str/descriptions/cyclomatic_body.html>
+for some discussion about the McCabe number and other complexity
+metrics.
+
+The usual prescription for reducing complexity is to refactor code
+into smaller subroutines. Mark Dominus book "Higher Order Perl" also
+describes callbacks, recursion, memoization, iterators, and other
+techniques that help create simple and extensible Perl code.
+
+=head1 CONFIGURATION
+
+The maximum acceptable McCabe can be set with the C<max_mccabe>
+configuration item. Any subroutine with a McCabe score higher than
+this number will generate a policy violation. The default is 20. An
+example section for a F<.perlcriticrc>:
+
+ [Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity]
+ max_mccabe = 30
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+
+ "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."
+
+ -- Albert Einstein
+
+
+Complexity is subjective, but formal complexity metrics are still
+incredibly valuable. Every problem has an inherent level of
+complexity, so it is not necessarily optimal to minimize the McCabe
+number. So don't get offended if your code triggers this Policy.
+Just consider if there B<might> be a simpler way to get the job done.
+
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer. All 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 :