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) 2006-2011 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.
