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Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs - Too many arguments.

Affiliation

       This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.

Author

       Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

Caveats

       PPI doesn't currently detect anonymous subroutines, so we don't check those.  This should just work when
       PPI gains that feature.

       We don't check for @ARG, the alias for @_ from English.pm.  That's deprecated anyway.

Configuration

       By default, this policy allows up to 5 arguments without warning.  To change this threshold, put entries
       in a .perlcriticrc file like this:

         [Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs]
         max_arguments = 6

       To ignore $self or $class in your argument count, as long as they're the first argument, use:

         [Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs]
         skip_object = 1

Credits

       Initial development of this policy was supported by a grant from the Perl Foundation.

Description

       Subroutines that expect large numbers of arguments are hard to use because programmers routinely have to
       look at documentation to remember the order of those arguments.  Many arguments is often a sign that a
       subroutine should be refactored or that an object should be passed to the routine.

Name

       Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs - Too many arguments.

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