Perl::Critic::Policy::UsePerl::Critic::Policy::CodeLayout::ProhibitHardTabs(3)NAMEPerl::Critic::Policy::CodeLayout::ProhibitHardTabs - Use spaces instead
of tabs.
AFFILIATION
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
DESCRIPTION
Putting hard tabs in your source code (or POD) is one of the worst
things you can do to your co-workers and colleagues, especially if
those tabs are anywhere other than a leading position. Because various
applications and devices represent tabs differently, they can cause you
code to look vastly different to other people. Any decent editor can
be configured to expand tabs into spaces. Perl::Tidy also does this
for you.
This Policy catches all tabs in your source code, including POD,
quotes, and HEREDOCs. The contents of the "__DATA__" section are not
examined.
CONFIGURATION
Hard tabs in a string are always forbidden (use "\t" instead). But
hard tabs in a leading position are allowed when they are used to
indent code statements, "qw()" word lists, and regular expressions with
the "/x" modifier. However, if you want to forbid all tabs everywhere,
then add this to your .perlcriticrc file:
[CodeLayout::ProhibitHardTabs]
allow_leading_tabs = 0
NOTES
Beware that Perl::Critic may report the location of the string that
contains the tab, not the actual location of the tab, so you may need
to do some hunting. I'll try and fix this in the future.
AUTHOR
Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Imaginative Software Systems. All rights
reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can
be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
perl v5.14.1Perl::Critic::Policy::CodeLayout::ProhibitHardTabs(3)
