verbose = %f:%l:%c:%p:%m\n
color = 1
program-extensions = .PL .pl .t
only = 1
severity = 2
# Use `List::MoreUtils::any' instead of `grep' in boolean context.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitBooleanGrep]
# Map blocks should have a single statement.
[-BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitComplexMappings]
# Use 4-argument `substr' instead of writing `substr($foo, 2, 6) = $bar'.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitLvalueSubstr]
# Forbid $b before $a in sort blocks.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitReverseSortBlock]
# Use Time::HiRes instead of something like `select(undef, undef, undef, .05)'.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitSleepViaSelect]
# Write `eval { my $foo; bar($foo) }' instead of `eval "my $foo; bar($foo);"'.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitStringyEval]
# Write `split /-/, $string' instead of `split '-', $string'.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitStringySplit]
# Write `eval { $foo->can($name) }' instead of `UNIVERSAL::can($foo, $name)'.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitUniversalCan]
# Write `eval { $foo->isa($pkg) }' instead of `UNIVERSAL::isa($foo, $pkg)'.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitUniversalIsa]
# this normally disables this policy! run with --severity 1 to get it
severity = 1
# I'd really like to enable this, but it confuses Test::Deep::isa with
# UNIVERSAL::isa
# Don't pass $_ to built-in functions that assume it, or to most filetest operators.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitUselessTopic]
# Don't use `grep' in void contexts.
[BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitVoidGrep]
# Don't use `map' in void contexts.
# disabled because it gets confused with a map inside a hash constructor
[-BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitVoidMap]
# Write `grep { /$pattern/ } @list' instead of `grep /$pattern/, @list'.
[BuiltinFunctions::RequireBlockGrep]
# Write `map { /$pattern/ } @list' instead of `map /$pattern/, @list'.
[BuiltinFunctions::RequireBlockMap]
# Use `glob q{*}' instead of <*>.
[BuiltinFunctions::RequireGlobFunction]
# Sort blocks should have a single statement.
[BuiltinFunctions::RequireSimpleSortBlock]
# AUTOLOAD methods should be avoided.
[ClassHierarchies::ProhibitAutoloading]
# Employ `use base' instead of `@ISA'.
[ClassHierarchies::ProhibitExplicitISA]
# Write `bless {}, $class;' instead of just `bless {};'.
[ClassHierarchies::ProhibitOneArgBless]
# Use spaces instead of tabs.
[CodeLayout::ProhibitHardTabs]
allow_leading_tabs = 0
# Write `open $handle, $path' instead of `open($handle, $path)'.
[CodeLayout::ProhibitParensWithBuiltins]
# Write `qw(foo bar baz)' instead of `('foo', 'bar', 'baz')'.
[CodeLayout::ProhibitQuotedWordLists]
# Don't use whitespace at the end of lines.
[CodeLayout::ProhibitTrailingWhitespace]
# Use the same newline through the source.
[CodeLayout::RequireConsistentNewlines]
# Must run code through perltidy.
[-CodeLayout::RequireTidyCode]
# Put a comma at the end of every multi-line list declaration, including the last one.
[CodeLayout::RequireTrailingCommas]
# Write `for(0..20)' instead of `for($i=0; $i<=20; $i++)'.
[ControlStructures::ProhibitCStyleForLoops]
# Don't write long "if-elsif-elsif-elsif-elsif...else" chains.
[ControlStructures::ProhibitCascadingIfElse]
# Don't write deeply nested loops and conditionals.
[ControlStructures::ProhibitDeepNests]
max_nests = 5
# Don't use labels that are the same as the special block names.
[ControlStructures::ProhibitLabelsWithSpecialBlockNames]
# Don't modify `$_' in list functions.
[ControlStructures::ProhibitMutatingListFunctions]
# Don't use operators like `not', `!~', and `le' within `until' and `unless'.
[-ControlStructures::ProhibitNegativeExpressionsInUnlessAndUntilConditions]
# Write `if($condition){ do_something() }' instead of `do_something() if $condition'.
[-ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls]
# Write `if(! $condition)' instead of `unless($condition)'.
[-ControlStructures::ProhibitUnlessBlocks]
# Don't write code after an unconditional `die, exit, or next'.
[ControlStructures::ProhibitUnreachableCode]
# Write `while(! $condition)' instead of `until($condition)'.
[ControlStructures::ProhibitUntilBlocks]
# Check your spelling.
[-Documentation::PodSpelling]
# The `=head1 NAME' section should match the package.
[-Documentation::RequirePackageMatchesPodName]
# All POD should be after `__END__'.
[-Documentation::RequirePodAtEnd]
# Provide text to display with your pod links.
[-Documentation::RequirePodLinksIncludeText]
# Organize your POD into the customary sections.
[-Documentation::RequirePodSections]
# Use functions from Carp instead of `warn' or `die'.
[ErrorHandling::RequireCarping]
# You can't depend upon the value of `$@'/`$EVAL_ERROR' to tell whether an `eval' failed.
[ErrorHandling::RequireCheckingReturnValueOfEval]
# Discourage stuff like `@files = `ls $directory`'.
[InputOutput::ProhibitBacktickOperators]
# Write `open my $fh, q{<}, $filename;' instead of `open FH, q{<}, $filename;'.
[InputOutput::ProhibitBarewordFileHandles]
severity = 2
# Use "<>" or "<ARGV>" or a prompting module instead of "<STDIN>".
[InputOutput::ProhibitExplicitStdin]
# Use prompt() instead of -t.
[InputOutput::ProhibitInteractiveTest]
# Use `local $/ = undef' or File::Slurp instead of joined readline.
[InputOutput::ProhibitJoinedReadline]
# Never write `select($fh)'.
[InputOutput::ProhibitOneArgSelect]
# Write `while( $line = <> ){...}' instead of `for(<>){...}'.
[InputOutput::ProhibitReadlineInForLoop]
# Write `open $fh, q{<}, $filename;' instead of `open $fh, "<$filename";'.
[InputOutput::ProhibitTwoArgOpen]
severity = 2
# Write `print {$FH} $foo, $bar;' instead of `print $FH $foo, $bar;'.
[-InputOutput::RequireBracedFileHandleWithPrint]
# Close filehandles as soon as possible after opening them.
[-InputOutput::RequireBriefOpen]
# Write `my $error = close $fh;' instead of `close $fh;'.
[-InputOutput::RequireCheckedClose]
# Write `my $error = open $fh, $mode, $filename;' instead of `open $fh, $mode, $filename;'.
[-InputOutput::RequireCheckedOpen]
# Return value of flagged function ignored.
[-InputOutput::RequireCheckedSyscalls]
# Write `open $fh, q{<:encoding(UTF-8)}, $filename;' instead of `open $fh, q{{<:utf8}, $filename;'.
[InputOutput::RequireEncodingWithUTF8Layer]
# Do not use `format'.
[Miscellanea::ProhibitFormats]
# Do not use `tie'.
[Miscellanea::ProhibitTies]
# Forbid a bare `## no critic'
[Miscellanea::ProhibitUnrestrictedNoCritic]
# Remove ineffective "## no critic" annotations.
[Miscellanea::ProhibitUselessNoCritic]
# Export symbols via `@EXPORT_OK' or `%EXPORT_TAGS' instead of `@EXPORT'.
[Modules::ProhibitAutomaticExportation]
# Avoid putting conditional logic around compile-time includes.
[Modules::ProhibitConditionalUseStatements]
# Minimize complexity in code that is outside of subroutines.
[Modules::ProhibitExcessMainComplexity]
max_mccabe = 20
# Put packages (especially subclasses) in separate files.
[Modules::ProhibitMultiplePackages]
severity = 2
# Write `require Module' instead of `require 'Module.pm''.
[Modules::RequireBarewordIncludes]
# End each module with an explicitly `1;' instead of some funky expression.
[Modules::RequireEndWithOne]
# Always make the `package' explicit.
[Modules::RequireExplicitPackage]
# Don't require programs to contain a package statement.
exempt_scripts = 1
allow_import_of = utf8 strict warnings
# Package declaration must match filename.
[Modules::RequireFilenameMatchesPackage]
# `use English' must be passed a `-no_match_vars' argument.
[Modules::RequireNoMatchVarsWithUseEnglish]
# Give every module a `$VERSION' number.
[Modules::RequireVersionVar]
# Distinguish different program components by case.
[NamingConventions::Capitalization]
# Don't use vague variable or subroutine names like 'last' or 'record'.
[-NamingConventions::ProhibitAmbiguousNames]
# Prohibit indirect object call syntax.
[Objects::ProhibitIndirectSyntax]
# Indirect method syntax is forbidden for these methods.
# Values that are always included: new.
# forbid =
# Write `@{ $array_ref }' instead of `@$array_ref'.
[References::ProhibitDoubleSigils]
# Capture variable used outside conditional.
[RegularExpressions::ProhibitCaptureWithoutTest]
# Names of ways to generate exceptions.
# Values that are always included: confess, croak, die.
# exception_source =
# Split long regexps into smaller `qr//' chunks.
[-RegularExpressions::ProhibitComplexRegexes]
# Use named character classes instead of explicit character lists.
[-RegularExpressions::ProhibitEnumeratedClasses]
# Use character classes for literal meta-characters instead of escapes.
[-RegularExpressions::ProhibitEscapedMetacharacters]
# Use `eq' or hash instead of fixed-pattern regexps.
[RegularExpressions::ProhibitFixedStringMatches]
# Use `[abc]' instead of `a|b|c'.
[RegularExpressions::ProhibitSingleCharAlternation]
# Only use a capturing group if you plan to use the captured value.
[RegularExpressions::ProhibitUnusedCapture]
# Use only `//' or `{}' to delimit regexps.
[RegularExpressions::ProhibitUnusualDelimiters]
# In addition to allowing '{}', allow '()', '[]', and '{}'.
#allow_all_brackets = 1
# Don't use $_ to match against regexes.
[RegularExpressions::ProhibitUselessTopic]
# Use `{' and `}' to delimit multi-line regexps.
[RegularExpressions::RequireBracesForMultiline]
# In addition to allowing '{}', allow '()', '[]', and '{}'.
#allow_all_brackets = 1
# Always use the `/s' modifier with regular expressions.
[-RegularExpressions::RequireDotMatchAnything]
# Always use the `/x' modifier with regular expressions.
[-RegularExpressions::RequireExtendedFormatting]
# Always use the `/m' modifier with regular expressions.
[-RegularExpressions::RequireLineBoundaryMatching]
# Don't call functions with a leading ampersand sigil.
[Subroutines::ProhibitAmpersandSigils]
# Don't declare your own `open' function.
[Subroutines::ProhibitBuiltinHomonyms]
# Minimize complexity by factoring code into smaller subroutines.
[Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity]
# Return failure with bare `return' instead of `return undef'.
[-Subroutines::ProhibitExplicitReturnUndef]
# Too many arguments.
[Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs]
# `sub never { sub correct {} }'.
[Subroutines::ProhibitNestedSubs]
# Behavior of `sort' is not defined if called in scalar context.
[Subroutines::ProhibitReturnSort]
# Don't write `sub my_function (@@) {}'.
[Subroutines::ProhibitSubroutinePrototypes]
severity = 2
# Prevent unused private subroutines.
[Subroutines::ProhibitUnusedPrivateSubroutines]
# Prevent access to private subs in other packages.
[Subroutines::ProtectPrivateSubs]
# Always unpack `@_' first.
[-Subroutines::RequireArgUnpacking]
# End every path through a subroutine with an explicit `return' statement.
[Subroutines::RequireFinalReturn]
# this normally disables this policy! run with --severity 1 to get it
severity = 1
# I'd really like to enable this, but we very often have
# single-expression subs, and this policy would warn on every one of
# them... maybe one day I'll patch the policy
# Prohibit various flavors of `no strict'.
[TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitNoStrict]
# Prohibit various flavors of `no warnings'.
[TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitNoWarnings]
allow = uninitialized numeric redefine
# Don't turn off strict for large blocks of code.
[TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitProlongedStrictureOverride]
# The maximum number of statements in a no strict block.
statements = 10
# Tests should all have labels.
[TestingAndDebugging::RequireTestLabels]
# Always `use strict'.
[TestingAndDebugging::RequireUseStrict]
# Always `use warnings'.
[TestingAndDebugging::RequireUseWarnings]
# Don't use the comma operator as a statement separator.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitCommaSeparatedStatements]
# this normally disables this policy! run with --severity 1 to get it
severity = 1
# I'd like to enable this, but it complains about arglists built with
# ternary operators
# Prohibit version values from outside the module.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitComplexVersion]
# Don't `use constant FOO => 15'.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitConstantPragma]
# Write `q{}' instead of `'''.
[-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEmptyQuotes]
# Write `"\N{DELETE}"' instead of `"\x7F"', etc.
[-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEscapedCharacters]
# Use concatenation or HEREDOCs instead of literal line breaks in strings.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitImplicitNewlines]
# Always use single quotes for literal strings.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitInterpolationOfLiterals]
# Write `oct(755)' instead of `0755'.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitLeadingZeros]
# Long chains of method calls indicate tightly coupled code.
[-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitLongChainsOfMethodCalls]
# Don't use values that don't explain themselves.
[-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMagicNumbers]
# Don't mix numeric operators with string operands, or vice-versa.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMismatchedOperators]
# Write ` !$foo && $bar || $baz ' instead of ` not $foo && $bar or $baz'.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMixedBooleanOperators]
# Use `q{}' or `qq{}' instead of quotes for awkward-looking strings.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitNoisyQuotes]
# Don't use quotes (`'', `"', ``') as delimiters for the quote-like operators.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitQuotesAsQuotelikeOperatorDelimiters]
# Don't write ` print <<'__END__' '.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitSpecialLiteralHeredocTerminator]
# Don't use strings like `v1.4' or `1.4.5' when including other modules.
[ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitVersionStrings]
# Require $VERSION to be a constant rather than a computed value.
[ValuesAndExpressions::RequireConstantVersion]
# Warns that you might have used single quotes when you really wanted double-quotes.
[-ValuesAndExpressions::RequireInterpolationOfMetachars]
# Write ` 141_234_397.0145 ' instead of ` 141234397.0145 '.
[-ValuesAndExpressions::RequireNumberSeparators]
# Write ` print <<'THE_END' ' or ` print <<"THE_END" '.
[ValuesAndExpressions::RequireQuotedHeredocTerminator]
# Write ` <<'THE_END'; ' instead of ` <<'theEnd'; '.
[ValuesAndExpressions::RequireUpperCaseHeredocTerminator]
# Do not write ` my $foo .= 'bar'; '.
[-Variables::ProhibitAugmentedAssignmentInDeclaration]
# Do not write ` my $foo = $bar if $baz; '.
[Variables::ProhibitConditionalDeclarations]
# Use `my' instead of `local', except when you have to.
[-Variables::ProhibitLocalVars]
# Avoid `$`', `$&', `$'' and their English equivalents.
[Variables::ProhibitMatchVars]
# Eliminate globals declared with `our' or `use vars'.
[Variables::ProhibitPackageVars]
# Use double colon (::) to separate package name components instead of single quotes (').
[Variables::ProhibitPerl4PackageNames]
# Write `$EVAL_ERROR' instead of `$@'.
[-Variables::ProhibitPunctuationVars]
# Do not reuse a variable name in a lexical scope
[Variables::ProhibitReusedNames]
# Don't ask for storage you don't need.
[Variables::ProhibitUnusedVariables]
# Prevent access to private vars in other packages.
[Variables::ProtectPrivateVars]
# Write `local $foo = $bar;' instead of just `local $foo;'.
[-Variables::RequireInitializationForLocalVars]
# Write `for my $element (@list) {...}' instead of `for $element (@list) {...}'.
[Variables::RequireLexicalLoopIterators]
# Magic variables should be assigned as "local".
[Variables::RequireLocalizedPunctuationVars]
allow = %ENV
# Negative array index should be used.
[Variables::RequireNegativeIndices]
