Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitAmpersandSigils - Don't call functions with a leading
Contents
Affiliation
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
Configuration
This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
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 v5.40.0 2024-10-28 Perl::Critic::P...AmpersandSigils(3pm)
Description
Since Perl 5, the ampersand sigil is completely optional when invoking subroutines. It also turns off
checking of subroutine prototypes. It's easily confused with the bitwise 'and' operator.
@result = &some_function(); # not ok
@result = some_function(); # ok
Name
Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitAmpersandSigils - Don't call functions with a leading
ampersand sigil.
