NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitNoisyQuotes - Use q{} or qq{} instead of quotes for awkward-looking strings.

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Don't use quotes for one or two-character strings of non-alphanumeric characters (i.e. noise). These tend to be hard to read. For legibility, use q{} or a named value. However, braces, parentheses and brackets tend to look better in quotes, so those are allowed.

$str = join ',', @list;     #not ok
$str = join ",", @list;     #not ok
$str = join q{,}, @list;    #better

$COMMA = q{,};
$str = join $COMMA, @list;  #best

$lbrace = '(';          #ok
$rbrace = ')';          #ok
print '(', @list, ')';  #ok

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

SEE ALSO

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEmptyQuotes

AUTHOR

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Imaginative Software Systems. 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.