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NAME

       Perl::Critic - Critique Perl source code for best-practices.

SYNOPSIS

           use Perl::Critic;
           my $file = shift;
           my $critic = Perl::Critic->new();
           my @violations = $critic->critique($file);
           print @violations;

DESCRIPTION

       Perl::Critic is an extensible framework for creating and applying coding standards to Perl source code.
       Essentially, it is a static source code analysis engine.  Perl::Critic is distributed with a number of
       Perl::Critic::Policy modules that attempt to enforce various coding guidelines.  Most Policy modules are
       based on Damian Conway's book Perl Best Practices.  However, Perl::Critic is not limited to PBP and will
       even support Policies that contradict Conway.  You can enable, disable, and customize those Polices
       through the Perl::Critic interface.  You can also create new Policy modules that suit your own tastes.

       For a command-line interface to Perl::Critic, see the documentation for perlcritic.  If you want to
       integrate Perl::Critic with your build process, Test::Perl::Critic provides an interface that is suitable
       for test programs.  Also, Test::Perl::Critic::Progressive is useful for gradually applying coding
       standards to legacy code.  For the ultimate convenience (at the expense of some flexibility) see the
       criticism pragma.

       If you'd like to try Perl::Critic without installing anything, there is a web-service available at
       <http://perlcritic.com>.  The web-service does not yet support all the configuration features that are
       available in the native Perl::Critic API, but it should give you a good idea of what it does.

       Also, ActivePerl includes a very slick graphical interface to Perl-Critic called "perlcritic-gui".  You
       can get a free community edition of ActivePerl from <http://www.activestate.com>.

PREREQUISITES

       Perl::Critic runs on Perl back to Perl 5.10.1. It relies on the PPI module to do the heavy work of
       parsing Perl.

INTERFACE SUPPORT

       The "Perl::Critic" module is considered to be a public class. Any changes to its interface will go
       through a deprecation cycle.

CONSTRUCTOR

       "new( [ -profile => $FILE, -severity => $N, -theme => $string, -include => \@PATTERNS, -exclude =>
       \@PATTERNS, -top => $N, -only => $B, -profile-strictness => $PROFILE_STRICTNESS_{WARN|FATAL|QUIET},
       -force => $B, -verbose => $N ], -color => $B, -pager => $string, -allow-unsafe => $B, -criticism-fatal =>
       $B)"
       "new()"
           Returns  a  reference  to  a  new  Perl::Critic object.  Most arguments are just passed directly into
           Perl::Critic::Config, but I have described them here as well.  The default value  for  all  arguments
           can  be  defined  in  your  .perlcriticrc file.  See the "CONFIGURATION" section for more information
           about that.  All arguments are optional key-value pairs as follows:

           -profile is a path to a configuration file. If $FILE is not defined, Perl::Critic::Config attempts to
           find a .perlcriticrc configuration file in the current directory, and then in  your  home  directory.
           Alternatively,  you  can  set  the  "PERLCRITIC"  environment  variable to point to a file in another
           location.  If a configuration file can't be found, or if $FILE is an empty string, then all  Policies
           will be loaded with their default configuration.  See "CONFIGURATION" for more information.

           -severity  is  the  minimum severity level.  Only Policy modules that have a severity greater than $N
           will be applied.  Severity values are integers ranging from 1 (least severe violations)  to  5  (most
           severe  violations).   The  default  is  5.   For a given "-profile", decreasing the "-severity" will
           usually reveal more Policy violations. You can  set  the  default  value  for  this  option  in  your
           .perlcriticrc  file.   Users  can  redefine  the severity level for any Policy in their .perlcriticrc
           file.  See "CONFIGURATION" for more information.

           If it is difficult for you to remember whether severity "5" is the most or least  restrictive  level,
           then you can use one of these named values:

               SEVERITY NAME   ...is equivalent to...   SEVERITY NUMBER
               --------------------------------------------------------
               -severity => 'gentle'                     -severity => 5
               -severity => 'stern'                      -severity => 4
               -severity => 'harsh'                      -severity => 3
               -severity => 'cruel'                      -severity => 2
               -severity => 'brutal'                     -severity => 1

           The  names  reflect  how  severely the code is criticized: a "gentle" criticism reports only the most
           severe violations, and so on down  to  a  "brutal"  criticism  which  reports  even  the  most  minor
           violations.

           -theme  is  special  expression  that  determines  which  Policies to apply based on their respective
           themes.  For example, the following would load only Policies that have a 'bugs' AND 'pbp' theme:

             my $critic = Perl::Critic->new( -theme => 'bugs && pbp' );

           Unless the "-severity" option is explicitly given, setting "-theme" silently causes  the  "-severity"
           to  be  set to 1.  You can set the default value for this option in your .perlcriticrc file.  See the
           "POLICY THEMES" section for more information about themes.

           -include is a reference to a list of string @PATTERNS.   Policy  modules  that  match  at  least  one
           "m/$PATTERN/ixms" will always be loaded, irrespective of all other settings.  For example:

               my $critic = Perl::Critic->new(-include => ['layout'], -severity => 4);

           This would cause Perl::Critic to apply all the "CodeLayout::*" Policy modules even though they have a
           severity  level  that  is  less  than  4.  You  can  set  the  default  value for this option in your
           .perlcriticrc file.  You can also use "-include" in conjunction with  the  "-exclude"  option.   Note
           that "-exclude" takes precedence over "-include" when a Policy matches both patterns.

           -exclude  is  a  reference  to  a  list  of string @PATTERNS.  Policy modules that match at least one
           "m/$PATTERN/ixms" will not be loaded, irrespective of all other settings.  For example:

               my $critic = Perl::Critic->new(-exclude => ['strict'], -severity => 1);

           This would cause Perl::Critic to not  apply  the  "RequireUseStrict"  and  "ProhibitNoStrict"  Policy
           modules even though they have a severity level that is greater than 1.  You can set the default value
           for  this  option  in  your  .perlcriticrc file.  You can also use "-exclude" in conjunction with the
           "-include" option.  Note that "-exclude" takes precedence over "-include" when a Policy matches  both
           patterns.

           -single-policy  is  a string "PATTERN".  Only one policy that matches "m/$PATTERN/ixms" will be used.
           Policies that do not match will be excluded.   This  option  has  precedence  over  the  "-severity",
           "-theme", "-include", "-exclude", and "-only" options.  You can set the default value for this option
           in your .perlcriticrc file.

           -top  is  the maximum number of Violations to return when ranked by their severity levels.  This must
           be a positive integer.  Violations are still returned in the order that they occur within  the  file.
           Unless  the "-severity" option is explicitly given, setting "-top" silently causes the "-severity" to
           be set to 1.  You can set the default value for this option in your .perlcriticrc file.

           -only is a boolean value.  If set to a true value, Perl::Critic will only choose from  Policies  that
           are  mentioned  in  the  user's  profile.   If  set  to  a  false  value (which is the default), then
           Perl::Critic chooses from all the Policies that it finds at your site. You can set the default  value
           for this option in your .perlcriticrc file.

           -profile-strictness    is    an    enumerated    value,    one   of   "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_WARN"   in
           Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants       (the       default),       "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_FATAL"        in
           Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants,  and  "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_QUIET"  in Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants.
           If set to  "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_FATAL"  in  Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants,  Perl::Critic  will  make
           certain  warnings  about  problems found in a .perlcriticrc or file specified via the -profile option
           fatal. For example, Perl::Critic normally only  "warn"s  about  profiles  referring  to  non-existent
           Policies, but this value makes this situation fatal.  Correspondingly, "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_QUIET" in
           Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants makes Perl::Critic shut up about these things.

           -force  is  a  boolean  value  that controls whether Perl::Critic observes the magical "## no critic"
           annotations in your code. If set to a true value, Perl::Critic will analyze all code.  If  set  to  a
           false  value  (which  is  the  default)  Perl::Critic  will  ignore  code  that  is tagged with these
           annotations.  See "BENDING THE RULES" for more information.  You can set the default value  for  this
           option in your .perlcriticrc file.

           -verbose  can  be  a  positive  integer  (from  1  to  11),  or  a literal format specification.  See
           Perl::Critic::Violation for an explanation of format specifications.  You can set the  default  value
           for this option in your .perlcriticrc file.

           -unsafe  directs Perl::Critic to allow the use of Policies that are marked as "unsafe" by the author.
           Such policies may compile untrusted code or do other nefarious things.

           -color and -pager are not used by Perl::Critic but is provided for the benefit of perlcritic.

           -criticism-fatal is not used by Perl::Critic but is provided for the benefit of criticism.

           -color-severity-highest,  -color-severity-high,  -color-severity-  medium,  -color-severity-low,  and
           -color-severity-lowest  are not used by Perl::Critic, but are provided for the benefit of perlcritic.
           Each is set to the Term::ANSIColor color specification to  be  used  to  display  violations  of  the
           corresponding severity.

           -files-with-violations  and  -files-without-violations are not used by Perl::Critic, but are provided
           for the benefit of perlcritic, to cause only the relevant filenames to be displayed.

METHODS

       "critique( $source_code )"
           Runs the $source_code through the Perl::Critic engine using all the Policies that  have  been  loaded
           into  this  engine.   If $source_code is a scalar reference, then it is treated as a string of actual
           Perl code.  If $source_code is a reference to an instance of PPI::Document,  then  that  instance  is
           used  directly. Otherwise, it is treated as a path to a local file containing Perl code.  This method
           returns a list of Perl::Critic::Violation objects for each violation of  the  loaded  Policies.   The
           list is sorted in the order that the Violations appear in the code.  If there are no violations, this
           method returns an empty list.

       "add_policy( -policy => $policy_name, -params => \%param_hash )"
           Creates a Policy object and loads it into this Critic.  If the object cannot be instantiated, it will
           throw a fatal exception.  Otherwise, it returns a reference to this Critic.

           -policy is the name of a Perl::Critic::Policy subclass module.  The 'Perl::Critic::Policy' portion of
           the name can be omitted for brevity.  This argument is required.

           -params  is an optional reference to a hash of Policy parameters. The contents of this hash reference
           will be passed into to the constructor of the Policy module.  See the documentation in  the  relevant
           Policy module for a description of the arguments it supports.

       " policies() "
           Returns  a  list  containing  references  to  all  the Policy objects that have been loaded into this
           engine.  Objects will be in the order that they were loaded.

       " config() "
           Returns the Perl::Critic::Config object that was created for or given to this Critic.

       " statistics() "
           Returns the Perl::Critic::Statistics object that was created for this Critic.  The Statistics  object
           accumulates data for all files that are analyzed by this Critic.

FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE

       For  those  folks  who  prefer  to  have a functional interface, The "critique" method can be exported on
       request and called as a static function.  If the first argument is a hashref, its contents  are  used  to
       construct  a  new  Perl::Critic  object  internally.   The  keys of that hash should be the same as those
       supported by the "Perl::Critic::new()" method.  Here are some examples:

           use Perl::Critic qw(critique);

           # Use default parameters...
           @violations = critique( $some_file );

           # Use custom parameters...
           @violations = critique( {-severity => 2}, $some_file );

           # As a one-liner
           %> perl -MPerl::Critic=critique -e 'print critique(shift)' some_file.pm

       None of the other object-methods are currently supported as static functions.  Sorry.

CONFIGURATION

       Most of the settings for Perl::Critic and each of the Policy modules can be controlled by a configuration
       file.  The default configuration file is called .perlcriticrc.  Perl::Critic will look for this  file  in
       the current directory first, and then in your home directory. Alternatively, you can set the "PERLCRITIC"
       environment variable to explicitly point to a different file in another location.  If none of these files
       exist,  and the "-profile" option is not given to the constructor, then all the modules that are found in
       the Perl::Critic::Policy namespace will be loaded with their default configuration.

       The format of the configuration file is a  series  of  INI-style  blocks  that  contain  key-value  pairs
       separated  by '='. Comments should start with '#' and can be placed on a separate line or after the name-
       value pairs if you desire.

       Default settings for Perl::Critic itself can be set before the first named block.  For  example,  putting
       any  or  all  of  these  at  the  top  of  your  configuration  file  will  set the default value for the
       corresponding constructor argument.

           severity  = 3                                     #Integer or named level
           only      = 1                                     #Zero or One
           force     = 0                                     #Zero or One
           verbose   = 4                                     #Integer or format spec
           top       = 50                                    #A positive integer
           theme     = (pbp || security) && bugs             #A theme expression
           include   = NamingConventions ClassHierarchies    #Space-delimited list
           exclude   = Variables  Modules::RequirePackage    #Space-delimited list
           criticism-fatal = 1                               #Zero or One
           color     = 1                                     #Zero or One
           allow-unsafe = 1                                  #Zero or One
           pager     = less                                  #pager to pipe output to

       The remainder of the configuration file is a series of blocks like this:

           [Perl::Critic::Policy::Category::PolicyName]
           severity = 1
           set_themes = foo bar
           add_themes = baz
           maximum_violations_per_document = 57
           arg1 = value1
           arg2 = value2

       "Perl::Critic::Policy::Category::PolicyName" is the full name of a module  that  implements  the  policy.
       The Policy modules distributed with Perl::Critic have been grouped into categories according to the table
       of   contents   in   Damian   Conway's   book  Perl  Best  Practices.  For  brevity,  you  can  omit  the
       'Perl::Critic::Policy' part of the module name.

       "severity" is the level of importance you wish to assign to the Policy.  All Policy modules  are  defined
       with  a  default  severity  value  ranging  from  1  (least severe) to 5 (most severe).  However, you may
       disagree with the default severity and choose to give it a higher or lower severity, based  on  your  own
       coding  philosophy.   You  can set the "severity" to an integer from 1 to 5, or use one of the equivalent
       names:

           SEVERITY NAME ...is equivalent to... SEVERITY NUMBER
           ----------------------------------------------------
           gentle                                             5
           stern                                              4
           harsh                                              3
           cruel                                              2
           brutal                                             1

       The names reflect how severely the code is criticized: a "gentle" criticism reports only the most  severe
       violations, and so on down to a "brutal" criticism which reports even the most minor violations.

       "set_themes"  sets the theme for the Policy and overrides its default theme.  The argument is a string of
       one or more whitespace-delimited alphanumeric words.  Themes are case-insensitive.  See  "POLICY  THEMES"
       for more information.

       "add_themes"  appends  to  the  default  themes for this Policy.  The argument is a string of one or more
       whitespace-delimited words. Themes are case- insensitive.  See "POLICY THEMES" for more information.

       "maximum_violations_per_document" limits the number of Violations the Policy  will  return  for  a  given
       document.   Some  Policies have a default limit; see the documentation for the individual Policies to see
       whether there is one.  To force a Policy to not have a limit, specify "no_limit" or the empty string  for
       the value of this parameter.

       The  remaining  key-value pairs are configuration parameters that will be passed into the constructor for
       that Policy.  The constructors for most Policy objects do not support arguments, and those that do should
       have reasonable defaults.  See the documentation on the appropriate Policy module for more details.

       Instead of redefining the severity for a given Policy, you can completely disable a Policy by  prepending
       a  '-'  to  the  name of the module in your configuration file.  In this manner, the Policy will never be
       loaded, regardless of the "-severity" given to the Perl::Critic constructor.

       A simple configuration might look like this:

           #--------------------------------------------------------------
           # I think these are really important, so always load them

           [TestingAndDebugging::RequireUseStrict]
           severity = 5

           [TestingAndDebugging::RequireUseWarnings]
           severity = 5

           #--------------------------------------------------------------
           # I think these are less important, so only load when asked

           [Variables::ProhibitPackageVars]
           severity = 2

           [ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls]
           allow = if unless  # My custom configuration
           severity = cruel   # Same as "severity = 2"

           #--------------------------------------------------------------
           # Give these policies a custom theme.  I can activate just
           # these policies by saying `perlcritic -theme larry`

           [Modules::RequireFilenameMatchesPackage]
           add_themes = larry

           [TestingAndDebugging::RequireTestLabels]
           add_themes = larry curly moe

           #--------------------------------------------------------------
           # I do not agree with these at all, so never load them

           [-NamingConventions::Capitalization]
           [-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMagicNumbers]

           #--------------------------------------------------------------
           # For all other Policies, I accept the default severity,
           # so no additional configuration is required for them.

       For additional configuration examples, see the perlcriticrc  file  that  is  included  in  this  examples
       directory of this distribution.

       Damian   Conway's   own   Perl::Critic   configuration   is   also   included  in  this  distribution  as
       examples/perlcriticrc-conway.

THE POLICIES

       A large number of Policy modules are distributed with Perl::Critic. They are  described  briefly  in  the
       companion  document  Perl::Critic::PolicySummary and in more detail in the individual modules themselves.
       Say "perlcritic -doc  PATTERN"  to  see  the  perldoc  for  all  Policy  modules  that  match  the  regex
       "m/PATTERN/ixms"

       There  are  a  number  of distributions of additional policies on CPAN. If Perl::Critic doesn't contain a
       policy that you want, some one may have already written it.  See the "SEE ALSO" section below for a  list
       of some of these distributions.

POLICY THEMES

       Each  Policy  is  defined  with  one  or more "themes".  Themes can be used to create arbitrary groups of
       Policies.  They are intended to provide an alternative mechanism for  selecting  your  preferred  set  of
       Policies.  For  example,  you may wish disable a certain subset of Policies when analyzing test programs.
       Conversely, you may wish to enable only a specific subset of Policies when analyzing modules.

       The Policies that ship with Perl::Critic have been broken into the following themes.  This  is  just  our
       attempt to provide some basic logical groupings.  You are free to invent new themes that suit your needs.

           THEME             DESCRIPTION
           --------------------------------------------------------------------------
           core              All policies that ship with Perl::Critic
           pbp               Policies that come directly from "Perl Best Practices"
           bugs              Policies that that prevent or reveal bugs
           certrec           Policies that CERT recommends
           certrule          Policies that CERT considers rules
           maintenance       Policies that affect the long-term health of the code
           cosmetic          Policies that only have a superficial effect
           complexity        Policies that specifically relate to code complexity
           security          Policies that relate to security issues
           tests             Policies that are specific to test programs

       Any  Policy  may  fit  into  multiple  themes.   Say "perlcritic -list" to get a listing of all available
       Policies and the themes that are associated with each one.  You can also change the theme for any  Policy
       in your .perlcriticrc file.  See the "CONFIGURATION" section for more information about that.

       Using the "-theme" option, you can create an arbitrarily complex rule that determines which Policies will
       be  loaded.   Precedence  is  the  same  as  regular  Perl  code,  and you can use parentheses to enforce
       precedence as well.  Supported operators are:

           Operator    Alternative    Example
           -----------------------------------------------------------------
           &&          and            'pbp && core'
           ||          or             'pbp || (bugs && security)'
           !           not            'pbp && ! (portability || complexity)'

       Theme names are case-insensitive.  If the "-theme" is set to an empty string, then it evaluates  as  true
       all Policies.

BENDING THE RULES

       Perl::Critic takes a hard-line approach to your code: either you comply or you don't.  In the real world,
       it  is not always practical (nor even possible) to fully comply with coding standards.  In such cases, it
       is wise to show that you are knowingly violating the standards and that you have a Damn Good Reason (DGR)
       for doing so.

       To help with those situations, you can direct Perl::Critic to ignore certain lines or blocks of  code  by
       using annotations:

           require 'LegacyLibaray1.pl';  ## no critic
           require 'LegacyLibrary2.pl';  ## no critic

           for my $element (@list) {

               ## no critic

               $foo = "";               #Violates 'ProhibitEmptyQuotes'
               $barf = bar() if $foo;   #Violates 'ProhibitPostfixControls'
               #Some more evil code...

               ## use critic

               #Some good code...
               do_something($_);
           }

       The  "## no critic" annotations direct Perl::Critic to ignore the remaining lines of code until a "## use
       critic" annotation is found. If the "## no critic" annotation is on the same line as  a  code  statement,
       then  only  that  line  of  code  is  overlooked.   To  direct  perlcritic  to  ignore the "## no critic"
       annotations, use the "--force" option.

       A bare "## no critic" annotation disables all the active Policies.  If you wish to disable only  specific
       Policies, add a list of Policy names as arguments, just as you would for the "no strict" or "no warnings"
       pragmas.   For  example,  this  would  disable  the  "ProhibitEmptyQuotes"  and "ProhibitPostfixControls"
       policies until the end of the block or until the next "## use critic" annotation (whichever comes first):

           ## no critic (EmptyQuotes, PostfixControls)

           # Now exempt from ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEmptyQuotes
           $foo = "";

           # Now exempt ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls
           $barf = bar() if $foo;

           # Still subjected to ValuesAndExpression::RequireNumberSeparators
           $long_int = 10000000000;

       Since the Policy names are matched against the "## no critic" arguments as regular expressions,  you  can
       abbreviate the Policy names or disable an entire family of Policies in one shot like this:

           ## no critic (NamingConventions)

           # Now exempt from NamingConventions::Capitalization
           my $camelHumpVar = 'foo';

           # Now exempt from NamingConventions::Capitalization
           sub camelHumpSub {}

       The  argument  list  must  be  enclosed  in  parentheses  or brackets and must contain one or more comma-
       separated barewords (e.g. don't use quotes).  The "## no critic" annotations can be nested, and  Policies
       named by an inner annotation will be disabled along with those already disabled an outer annotation.

       Some  Policies  like  "Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity" apply to an entire block of code.  In those
       cases, the "## no critic" annotation must appear on the  line  where  the  violation  is  reported.   For
       example:

           sub complicated_function {  ## no critic (ProhibitExcessComplexity)
               # Your code here...
           }

       Policies  such  as  "Documentation::RequirePodSections"  apply  to  the  entire  document,  in which case
       violations are reported at line 1.

       Use this feature wisely.  "## no critic" annotations should be used in the smallest  possible  scope,  or
       only  on  individual lines of code. And you should always be as specific as possible about which Policies
       you want to disable (i.e. never use a bare "## no critic").  If Perl::Critic complains about  your  code,
       try and find a compliant solution before resorting to this feature.

THE Perl::Critic PHILOSOPHY

       Coding  standards  are  deeply  personal  and highly subjective.  The goal of Perl::Critic is to help you
       write code that conforms with a set of best practices.  Our primary goal is not  to  dictate  what  those
       practices  are,  but  rather,  to implement the practices discovered by others.  Ultimately, you make the
       rules -- Perl::Critic is merely a tool for encouraging consistency.  If there is a policy that you  think
       is  important  or that we have overlooked, we would be very grateful for contributions, or you can simply
       load your own private set of policies into Perl::Critic.

EXTENDING THE CRITIC

       The modular design of Perl::Critic is intended to facilitate the addition of new Policies.   You'll  need
       to  have  some  understanding of PPI, but most Policy modules are pretty straightforward and only require
       about 20 lines of code.  Please see the Perl::Critic::DEVELOPER file included in this distribution for  a
       step-by-step demonstration of how to create new Policy modules.

       If  you  develop  any  new  Policy modules, feel free to send them to "<team@perlcritic.com>" and I'll be
       happy to consider putting them into the Perl::Critic distribution.  Or if you would like to work  on  the
       Perl::Critic       project       directly,       you       can      fork      our      repository      at
       <https://github.com/Perl-Critic/Perl-Critic.git>.

       The Perl::Critic team is also available for hire.  If your organization has its own coding standards,  we
       can  create  custom  Policies  to  enforce  your  local  guidelines.   Or if your code base is prone to a
       particular defect pattern, we can design Policies that will help you catch those  costly  defects  before
       they   go   into   production.   To   discuss  your  needs  with  the  Perl::Critic  team,  just  contact
       "<team@perlcritic.com>".

PREREQUISITES

       Perl::Critic requires the following modules:

       B::Keywords

       Config::Tiny

       Exception::Class

       File::Spec

       File::Spec::Unix

       File::Which

       List::SomeUtils

       List::Util

       Module::Pluggable

       Perl::Tidy

       Pod::Spell

       PPI

       Pod::PlainText

       Pod::Select

       Pod::Usage

       Readonly

       Scalar::Util

       String::Format

       Term::ANSIColor

       Text::ParseWords

       version

CONTACTING THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

       You     are     encouraged     to     subscribe     to     the      public      mailing      list      at
       <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/perl-critic>.   At least one member of the development team is usually
       hanging around in <irc://irc.perl.org/#perlcritic>  and  you  can  follow  Perl::Critic  on  Twitter,  at
       <https://twitter.com/perlcritic>.

SEE ALSO

       There are a number of distributions of additional Policies available. A few are listed here:

       Perl::Critic::More

       Perl::Critic::Bangs

       Perl::Critic::Lax

       Perl::Critic::StricterSubs

       Perl::Critic::Swift

       Perl::Critic::Tics

       These distributions enable you to use Perl::Critic in your unit tests:

       Test::Perl::Critic

       Test::Perl::Critic::Progressive

       There  is  also  a  distribution  that  will  install  all  the Perl::Critic related modules known to the
       development team:

       Task::Perl::Critic

BUGS

       Scrutinizing Perl code is hard for humans, let alone machines.  If you find any bugs, particularly false-
       positives   or    false-negatives    from    a    Perl::Critic::Policy,    please    submit    them    at
       <https://github.com/Perl-Critic/Perl-Critic/issues>.  Thanks.

CREDITS

       Adam Kennedy - For creating PPI, the heart and soul of Perl::Critic.

       Damian Conway - For writing Perl Best Practices, finally :)

       Chris Dolan - For contributing the best features and Policy modules.

       Andy Lester - Wise sage and master of all-things-testing.

       Elliot Shank - The self-proclaimed quality freak.

       Giuseppe Maxia - For all the great ideas and positive encouragement.

       and Sharon, my wife - For putting up with my all-night code sessions.

       Thanks  also  to  the Perl Foundation for providing a grant to support Chris Dolan's project to implement
       twenty PBP policies.  <http://www.perlfoundation.org/april_1_2007_new_grant_awards>

       Thanks also to this incomplete laundry list of folks who have contributed to Perl::Critic  in  some  way:
       Chris  Novakovic,  Isaac  Gittins,  Tadeusz  SoXnierz, Tom Wyant, TOYAMA Nao, Bernhard Schmalhofer, Amory
       Meltzer, Andrew Grechkin, Daniel Mita, Gregory Oschwald, Mike  O'Regan,  Tom  Hukins,  Omer  Gazit,  Evan
       Zacks,  Paul  Howarth,  Sawyer  X, Christian Walde, Dave Rolsky, Jakub Wilk, Roy Ivy III, Oliver Trosien,
       Glenn Fowler, Matt Creenan, Alex Balhatchet, Sebastian Paaske  Torholm,  Stuart  A  Johnston,  Dan  Book,
       Steven  Humphrey, James Raspass, Nick Tonkin, Harrison Katz, Douglas Sims, Mark Fowler, Alan Berndt, Neil
       Bowers, Sergey Romanov, Gabor Szabo,  Graham  Knop,  Mike  Eldridge,  David  Steinbrunner,  Kirk  Kimmel,
       Guillaume  Aubert,  Dave  Cross,  Anirvan  Chatterjee, Todd Rinaldo, Graham Ollis, Karen Etheridge, Jonas
       Bromso, Olaf Alders, Jim Keenan, Slaven ReziX, Szymon NieznaXski.

AUTHOR

       Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2005-2023 Imaginative Software Systems

       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.

perl v5.36.0                                       2023-10-27                                  Perl::Critic(3pm)