Perl::Critic::Policy::InputOutput::RequireCheckedOpen - Write "my $error = open $fh, $mode, $filename;"
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Acknowledgments
This policy module is based heavily on policies written by Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer
<jeff@imaginative-software.com>.
Affiliation
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
Configuration
If you create a module that exports "autodie" you can tell this policy about it with the
"autodie_modules" setting:
[InputOutput::RequireCheckedSyscalls]
autodie_modules = My::Thing
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Andrew Moore. 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 v5.40.0 2024-10-28 Perl::Critic::...uireCheckedOpen(3pm)
Description
The perl builtin I/O function "open" returns a false value on failure. That value should always be
checked to ensure that the open was successful.
my $error = open( $filehandle, $mode, $filename ); # ok
open( $filehandle, $mode, $filename ) or die "unable to open: $!"; # ok
open( $filehandle, $mode, $filename ); # not ok
use autodie;
open $filehandle, $mode, $filename; # ok
You can use autodie, Fatal, or Fatal::Exception to get around this. Currently, autodie is not properly
treated as a pragma; its lexical effects aren't taken into account.
Name
Perl::Critic::Policy::InputOutput::RequireCheckedOpen - Write "my $error = open $fh, $mode, $filename;"
instead of "open $fh, $mode, $filename;".
