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/ Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitSleepViaSelect

NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitSleepViaSelect - Use Time::HiRes instead of something like select(undef, undef, undef, .05).

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Conway discourages the use of select() for performing non-integer sleeps. Although documented in perlfunc, it's something that generally requires the reader to read perldoc -f select to figure out what it should be doing. Instead, Conway recommends that you use the Time::HiRes module when you want to sleep.

    select undef, undef, undef, 0.25;         # not ok

    use Time::HiRes;
    sleep( 0.25 );                            # ok

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

SEE ALSO

Time::HiRes.

AUTHOR

Graham TerMarsch <graham@howlingfrog.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005-2011 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.