Perl::Critic::PoliPerl::Critic::Policy::CodeLayout::ProhibitQuotedWordLists(3)NAMEPerl::Critic::Policy::CodeLayout::ProhibitQuotedWordLists - Write
"qw(foo bar baz)" instead of "('foo', 'bar', 'baz')".
AFFILIATION
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
DESCRIPTION
Conway doesn't mention this, but I think "qw()" is an underused feature
of Perl. Whenever you need to declare a list of one-word literals, the
"qw()" operator is wonderfully concise, and makes it easy to add to the
list in the future.
@list = ('foo', 'bar', 'baz'); #not ok
@list = qw(foo bar baz); #ok
use Foo ('foo', 'bar', 'baz'); #not ok
use Foo qw(foo bar baz); #ok
CONFIGURATION
This policy can be configured to only pay attention to word lists with
at least a particular number of elements. By default, this value is 2,
which means that lists containing zero or one elements are ignored.
The minimum list size to be looked at can be specified by giving a
value for "min_elements" in .perlcriticrc like this:
[CodeLayout::ProhibitQuotedWordLists]
min_elements = 4
This would cause this policy to only complain about lists containing
four or more words.
By default, this policy won't complain if any of the values in the list
contain non-word characters. If you want it to, set the "strict"
option to a true value.
[CodeLayout::ProhibitQuotedWordLists]
strict = 1
NOTES
In the PPI parlance, a "list" is almost anything with parentheses.
I've tried to make this Policy smart by targeting only "lists" that
could be sensibly expressed with "qw()". However, there may be some
edge cases that I haven't covered. If you find one, send me a note.
IMPORTANT CHANGES
This policy was formerly called "RequireQuotedWords" which seemed a
little counter-intuitive. If you get lots of "Cannot load policy
module" errors, then you probably need to change "RequireQuotedWords"
to "ProhibitQuotedWordLists" in your .perlcriticrc file.
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.
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