Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitMatchVars - Avoid $`, $&, $' and their English equivalents.
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
Using the "match variables" $`, $&, and/or $' can
significantly degrade the performance of a program. This policy
forbids using them or their English equivalents. See perldoc
English 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.
This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>
Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Chris Dolan. 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.