NAME
Perl::Critic::Policy::RegularExpressions::ProhibitUnusualDelimiters - Use only // or {} to delimit regexps.
AFFILIATION
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
DESCRIPTION
Perl lets you delimit regular expressions with almost any character, but most choices are illegible. Compare these equivalent expressions:
s/foo/bar/; # good
s{foo}{bar}; # good
s#foo#bar#; # bad
s;foo;bar;; # worse
s|\|\||\||; # eye-gouging badCONFIGURATION
There is one option for this policy, allow_all_brackets. If this is true, then, in addition to allowing // and {}, the other matched pairs of (), [], and <> are allowed.
CREDITS
Initial development of this policy was supported by a grant from the Perl Foundation.
AUTHOR
Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007-2023 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