Koha-clms/C4
Martin Renvoize 14de13d3ad
Bug 37966: (follow-up) Make empty string handling more explicit in Circulation.pm
This commit improves upon the original fix by making the intent more
explicit when handling empty string date parameters in AddRenewal and
AddIssue functions.

WHY THIS IS BETTER:

The original fix (changing `defined $datedue` to just `$datedue`)
works correctly but relies on Perl's implicit truthy/falsy semantics:

  if ( $datedue && ref $datedue ne 'DateTime' )

This is subtle because:
- Empty string "" is falsy, so parsing is skipped ✓
- But it's not immediately obvious that empty strings are being
  handled specially
- The code doesn't explicitly show its intent

THIS APPROACH:

  if ( defined $datedue && $datedue ne '' && ref $datedue ne 'DateTime' )

Benefits:
1. EXPLICIT: Clearly states "only parse if defined AND not empty
   AND not already a DateTime"
2. SELF-DOCUMENTING: Intent is obvious to future developers
3. NO RELIANCE on truthy/falsy semantics
4. CONSISTENT: Same pattern applied across all date parameter handling

COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES:

1. AddRenewal (C4/Circulation.pm:3449)
   - Made datedue empty string check explicit

2. AddIssue (C4/Circulation.pm:1611)
   - Made datedue empty string check explicit
   - Also updated issuedate handling (line 1616) to explicitly handle
     empty strings

3. Test Coverage (t/db_dependent/Circulation/issue.t)
   - Added test for AddIssue with empty string datedue
   - Added test for AddIssue with empty string issuedate
   - Ensures both functions properly calculate dates from circulation
     rules instead of using "now"

The existing test for AddRenewal already covered empty string datedue
(added in the original Bug 37966 commit). These new tests ensure the
same correct behavior for AddIssue.

Signed-off-by: Lucas Gass <lucas@bywatersolutions.com>
2026-04-29 09:09:10 -06:00
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Barcodes Bug 42221: Fix EAN-13 autoBarcode not incrementing 2026-04-16 15:54:09 -06:00
ClassSortRoutine Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
ClassSplitRoutine Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
Creators Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
External Bug 41479: Remove Baker & Taylor integration 2026-03-24 07:50:10 +01:00
Form Bug 28308: Remove 0 from "days in advance" for "Advance notice" 2026-01-30 10:54:02 -07:00
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ILSDI Bug 40622: Add missing interface parameter 2025-10-06 09:15:27 -06:00
Installer Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
Labels Bug 40473: Use better algorithm for calculating Code39 barcode length 2025-09-26 10:36:41 -06:00
Linker Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
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Auth_cas_servers.yaml.sample
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Auth_with_ldap.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
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Charset.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
Circulation.pm Bug 37966: (follow-up) Make empty string handling more explicit in Circulation.pm 2026-04-29 09:09:10 -06:00
ClassSortRoutine.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
ClassSource.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
ClassSplitRoutine.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
Context.pm Bug 42185: Remove C4::Context->new_dbh 2026-04-29 09:09:06 -06:00
Contract.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
CourseReserves.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
Creators.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
HTML5Media.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
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ImportBatch.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
ImportExportFramework.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
InstallAuth.pm Bug 41454: Remove unused dbh calls 2026-04-15 09:14:51 -06:00
Installer.pm Bug 42318: Populate record_sources with system defined values on install 2026-04-15 09:14:45 -06:00
ItemCirculationAlertPreference.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
Items.pm Bug 38946: Add enumchron to inventory table 2026-02-27 11:38:33 -07:00
Koha.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
Labels.pm
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Languages.pm Bug 41440: Fix bug revealed by unit test 2026-04-15 14:10:32 -06:00
Letters.pm Bug 42136: prevent cgi, directory, and file plugins from use in user-entered templates 2026-04-28 15:48:20 -06:00
Linker.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
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Members.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
Message.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
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Patroncards.pm Bug 38664: Tidy the whole codebase 2025-02-11 14:58:24 +01:00
Record.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
Reports.pm Bug 41834: Fix GetDelimiterChoices after options column removed from sysprefs.sql 2026-03-20 11:53:44 +00:00
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Ris.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
RotatingCollections.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
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Scheduler.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
Scrubber.pm Bug 40659: Change Scrubber profile name to opac_virtual_card 2026-04-23 16:04:11 -06:00
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Service.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
ShelfBrowser.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
SocialData.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
Stats.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
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Tags.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
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TmplToken.pm Bug 40163: Fix several http addresses in the code docs 2025-09-23 16:21:29 -06:00
TmplTokenType.pm Bug 40680: Move EXPORT_OK right after Modern::Perl 2025-12-01 08:33:56 -07:00
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XSLT.pm Bug 40972: (QA follow-up) POD 2026-04-15 14:10:16 -06:00