1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/MooseX/Role/Matcher.pm b/lib/MooseX/Role/Matcher.pm
index 08b822d..765faa1 100644
--- a/lib/MooseX/Role/Matcher.pm
+++ b/lib/MooseX/Role/Matcher.pm
@@ -156,20 +156,29 @@ method _match => sub {
     my $value = shift;
     my $seek = shift;
 
-    return !defined $value if !defined $seek;
-    return 0 if !defined $value;
-    return $value =~ $seek if ref($seek) eq 'Regexp';
-    if (ref($seek) eq 'CODE') {
+    # first check seek types that could match undef
+    if (!defined $seek) {
+        return !defined $value;
+    }
+    elsif (ref($seek) eq 'CODE') {
         local $_ = $value;
         return $seek->();
     }
-    if (ref($seek) eq 'ARRAY') {
+    elsif (ref($seek) eq 'ARRAY') {
         for (@$seek) {
             return 1 if $self->_match($value => $_);
         }
         return 0;
     }
-    if (ref($seek) eq 'HASH') {
+    # then bail out if we still have an undef value
+    elsif (!defined $value) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    # and now check seek types that would error with an undef value
+    elsif (ref($seek) eq 'Regexp') {
+        return $value =~ $seek;
+    }
+    elsif (ref($seek) eq 'HASH') {
         return 0 unless blessed($value) &&
                         $value->does('MooseX::Role::Matcher');
         return $value->match(%$seek);