NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitLvalueSubstr - Use 4-argument substr instead of writing substr($foo, 2, 6) = $bar.

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Conway discourages the use of substr() as an lvalue, instead recommending that the 4-argument version of substr() be used instead.

    substr($something, 1, 2) = $newvalue;     # not ok
    substr($something, 1, 2, $newvalue);      # ok

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR

Graham TerMarsch <graham@howlingfrog.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Graham TerMarsch. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.