NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitNoisyQuotes - Use q{} or qq{} instead of quotes for awkward-looking strings.

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Don't use quotes for one or two-character strings of non-alphanumeric characters (i.e. noise). These tend to be hard to read. For legibility, use q{} or a named value. However, braces, parentheses, and brackets tend do to look better in quotes, so those are allowed.

  $str = join ',', @list;     #not ok
  $str = join ",", @list;     #not ok
  $str = join q{,}, @list;    #better

  $COMMA = q{,};
  $str = join $COMMA, @list;  #best

  $lbrace = '(';          #ok
  $rbrace = ')';          #ok
  print '(', @list, ')';  #ok

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>

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