NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitConditionalDeclarations - Do not write my $foo = $bar if $baz; .

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Declaring a variable with a postfix conditional is really confusing. If the conditional is false, its not clear if the variable will be false, undefined, undeclared, or what. It's much more straightforward to make variable declarations separately.

my $foo = $baz if $bar;          #not ok
my $foo = $baz unless $bar;      #not ok
our $foo = $baz for @list;       #not ok
local $foo = $baz foreach @list; #not ok

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR

Jeffrey R. Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Chris Dolan. 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.