NAME¶

Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitAmpersandSigils - Don't call functions with a leading ampersand sigil.

AFFILIATION¶

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

DESCRIPTION¶

Since Perl 5, the ampersand sigil is completely optional when invoking subroutines. And it's easily confused with the bitwise 'and' operator.

  @result = &some_function(); #Not ok
  @result = some_function();  #ok

CONFIGURATION¶

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR¶

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer. 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.