Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitMatchVars - Avoid "$`", "$&", "$'" and their English
Contents
Affiliation
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
Configuration
This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Chris Dolan.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
itself. The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
perl v5.40.0 2024-10-28 Perl::Critic::P...ohibitMatchVars(3pm)
Description
Using the "match variables" "$`", $&, and/or "$'" can significantly degrade the performance of a program.
This policy forbids using them or their English equivalents. See perldocEnglish or PBP page 82 for more
information.
It used to forbid plain "use English;" because it ends up causing the performance side-effects of the
match variables. However, the message emitted for that situation was not at all clear and there is now
Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::RequireNoMatchVarsWithUseEnglish, which addresses this situation directly.
Name
Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitMatchVars - Avoid "$`", "$&", "$'" and their English
equivalents.
