Types::TypeTiny(3)

NAME
Types::TypeTiny - type constraints used internally by Type::Tiny

STATUS
This module is covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy.

The BoolLike type is currently unstable.

DESCRIPTION
Dogfooding.

This isn't a real Type::Library-based type library; that would involve too much circularity. But it exports some type constraints which, while designed for use within Type::Tiny, may be more generally useful.

  Types

•   StringLike

    Accepts strings and objects overloading stringification.

•   BoolLike

    Accepts undef, "", 0, 1; accepts any blessed object overloading "bool"; accepts any blessed object overloading "0+" to return 0 or 1. (Needs to actually call the overloaded operation to check that.) Also accepts any object that inherits from "boolean" or reports that as a role ("DOES").

    Warning: an object which overloads "0+" without also turning on overload fallbacks may actually be useless as a practical boolean. But some common objects such as JSON::PP's booleans overload "0+" instead of overloading "bool" (thankfully with fallbacks enabled!) so we do need to support this.

    The intention of this type is to be a version of Bool which also accepts common boolean objects such as JSON::PP::Boolean. It is currently unstable and the exact definition of the type may change to better implement that intended functionality.

•   HashLike[`a]

    Accepts hashrefs and objects overloading hashification.

    Since Types::TypeTiny 1.012, may be parameterized with another type constraint like HashLike[Int].

•   ArrayLike[`a]

    Accepts arrayrefs and objects overloading arrayfication.

    Since Types::TypeTiny 1.012, may be parameterized with another type constraint like ArrayLike[Int].

•   CodeLike

    Accepts coderefs and objects overloading codification.

•   TypeTiny

    Accepts blessed Type::Tiny objects.

•   _ForeignTypeConstraint

    Any reference which to_TypeTiny recognizes as something that can be coerced to a Type::Tiny object.

    Yes, the underscore is included.

  Coercion Functions

"to_TypeTiny($constraint)"
    Promotes (or "demotes" if you prefer) a "foreign" type constraint to a Type::Tiny object. Can handle:

    •   Moose types (including Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint objects and MooseX::Types::TypeDecorator objects).

    •   Mouse types (including Mouse::Meta::TypeConstraint objects).

    •   Validation::Class and Validation::Class::Simple objects.

    •   Types built using Type::Library::Compiler.

    •   Any object which provides "check" and "get_message" methods. (This includes Specio and Type::Nano types.) If the object provides "has_coercion" and coerce methods, these will be used to handle quoting. If the object provides "can_be_inlined" and "inline_check" methods, these will be used to handling inlining. If the object provides a "name" method, this will be assumed to return the type name.

    •   Coderefs (but not blessed coderefs or objects overloading "&{}" unless they provide the methods described above!) Coderefs are expected to return true iff $_ passes the constraint. If $_ fails the type constraint, they may either return false, or die with a helpful error message.

    •   Sub::Quote-enabled coderefs. These are handled the same way as above, but Type::Tiny will consult Sub::Quote to determine if they can be inlined.

  Methods
These are implemented so that "Types::TypeTiny->meta->get_type($foo)" works, for rough compatibility with a real Type::Library type library.

"meta"
"type_names"
"get_type($name)"
"has_type($name)"
"coercion_names"
"get_coercion($name)"
"has_coercion($name)"

BUGS
Please report any bugs to <https://github.com/tobyink/p5-type-tiny/issues>.

SEE ALSO
Type::Tiny.

AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017-2025 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.