Perl5 plugin for IntelliJ IDEA v1.2: Moose and Signatures

The next version of the Perl5 plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and other IDEs from JetBrains has been released. The new version adds support for Method :: Signature :: Simple and Moose.

What's new?

Formatting

• Wrapping for lists in code
• Aligning arrows in anonymous hashes
• Formatting and alignment for ternary operator
• Folding for line lists in qw
• Space settings for anonymous hashes and arrays
• Space settings for range operators and concatenation

Parser

• return is now considered a keyword
• native Perl5 signatures are supported (according to the current version of Perl5)

Settings

• Added option to control terminator auto-insert for here-doc
• Added option to control lightweight resolution of main :: functions

Code style

• Added a panel for setting the style of Perl5 code and automatically reformatting the source according to the settings
• Setting the use of optional quotes
• Configuring the use of optional forwarding between array and hash indices
• Configuring the use of optional brackets in expression modifiers (postfix if/for/etc...)
• Array hash element forwarding setting: $var->{key}or$$var{key}
• Setting up forwarding a simple array or hash: @$array_refor@{$array_ref}
• Setting the style of accessing the namespace main: main::or::

Method :: Signature :: Simple

• Parsing, autocompletion, navigation and refactoring of designs methodandfunc

Moose and Moo

Implemented basic support for the Moose framework.

• Correct processing use Moose/Moo
• Correct expression processing extendsandwith
• Parsing, autocompletion, navigation and refactoring of attributes has(some annotations work)
• Parsing, autocompletion, navigation and refactoring of overrides override(some annotations work)
• Parsing, navigation and refactoring modification methods: around, after, beforeandaugment
• Keyword support innerandsuper

Additionally, about 30 various technical and usability bugs were fixed.

What's next?

Mason is coming ...

References

• JetBrains repository plugin: plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7796
• GitHub plugin: github.com/hurricup/Perl5-IDEA

Have a nice coding!