NAME

    Syntax::Operator::Divides - an infix operator for division test

SYNOPSIS

    On a suitably-patched perl:

       use Syntax::Operator::Divides;
    
       say "Multiple of 10" if $x %% 10;

    Or, on a standard perl via Syntax::Keyword::Match:

       use v5.14;
       use Syntax::Keyword::Match;
       use Syntax::Operator::Divides;
    
       foreach ( 1 .. 100 ) {
          match( $_ : %% ) {
             case(15) { say "FizzBuzz" }
             case(3)  { say "Fizz" }
             case(5)  { say "Buzz" }
             default  { say $_ }
          }
       }

DESCRIPTION

    This module provides an infix operator that implements an integer
    divides test which returns true if the lefthand operand is a whole
    multiple of the righthand.

    Current versions of perl do not directly support custom infix
    operators. The documentation of XS::Parse::Infix describes the
    situation, with reference to a branch experimenting with this new
    feature. This module is therefore almost entirely useless on standard
    perl builds. While the regular parser does not support custom infix
    operators, they are supported via XS::Parse::Infix and hence
    XS::Parse::Keyword, and so custom keywords which attempt to parse
    operator syntax may be able to use it. One such module is
    Syntax::Keyword::Match; see the SYNOPSIS example given above.

OPERATORS

 %%

       my $divides = $numerator %% $denominator;

    Yields true if the numerator operand is a whole integer multiple of the
    denominator. This is implemented by using the % modulus operator and
    testing if the remainder is zero.

FUNCTIONS

    As a convenience, the following functions may be imported which
    implement the same behaviour as the infix operators, though are
    accessed via regular function call syntax.

    These wrapper functions are implemented using XS::Parse::Infix, and
    thus have an optimising call-checker attached to them. In most cases,
    code which calls them should not in fact have the full runtime overhead
    of a function call because the underlying test operator will get
    inlined into the calling code at compiletime. In effect, code calling
    these functions should run with the same performance as code using the
    infix operators directly.

 is_divisor

       my $divides = is_divisor( $numerator, $denominator );

    A function version of the "%%" operator.

AUTHOR

    Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>