package Acme::Test::LogicalEquivalence; # ABSTRACT: Test if expressions are logically equivalent # KEYWORDS: test logic use 5.008; use warnings; use strict; our $VERSION = '999.999'; # VERSION use Exporter qw(import); use Test::More; use namespace::clean -except => [qw(import)]; our @EXPORT_OK = qw(is_logically_equivalent); =head1 SYNOPSIS use Test::More; use Acme::Test::LogicalEquivalence qw(is_logically_equivalent); # test two expressions with 2 variables using the special vars $a and $b is_logically_equivalent(2, sub { $a && $b }, sub { $b && $a }); # same as above is_logically_equivalent(2, sub { $_[0] && $_[1] }, sub { $_[1] && $_[0] }); # you can do as many vars as you like is_logically_equivalent(3, sub { $_[0] || ($_[1] && $_[2]) }, sub { ($_[0] || $_[1]) && ($_[0] || $_[2]) }); done_testing; =head1 DESCRIPTION Some expressions are "logically equivalent" to other expressions, but it may not be easy to tell if one or both of the expressions are reasonably complicated. Or maybe you're like many other people and are too lazy to go through the effort... Either way, why not let your computer prove logical equivalence for you? =head1 SEE ALSO =for :list * What is logical equivalence? Start here: L =func is_logically_equivalent Test logical equivalence of two subroutines. my $is_equivalent = is_logically_equivalent($numvars, &sub1, &sub2); This will execute both of the subroutines one or more times (depending on how many variables you specify) with different inputs. The subroutines shall be considered logically equivalent if, for all combinations of inputs, they both return the same thing. Returns true if the subroutines are logically equivalent, false otherwise. =cut sub is_logically_equivalent { my $numvars = shift; my $sub1 = shift; my $sub2 = shift; my $equivalence = 1; for (my $i = 0; $i < 2 ** $numvars; ++$i) { my @vars = split(//, substr(unpack("B32", pack('N', $i)), -$numvars)); (local $a, local $b) = @vars; my $r1 = !!$sub1->(@vars); (local $a, local $b) = @vars; my $r2 = !!$sub2->(@vars); my $test = !($r1 xor $r2); my $args = join(', ', map { $_ ? 'T' : 'F' } @vars); ok($test, "expr1($args) <=> expr2($args)"); $equivalence = '' if !$test; } return $equivalence; } 1;