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Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::RequireQuotedHeredocTerminator(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::RequireQuotedHeredocTerminator(3)

NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::RequireQuotedHeredocTerminator - Write " print <<'THE_END' " or " print <<"THE_END" ".

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Putting single or double-quotes around your HEREDOC terminator make it obvious to the reader whether the content is going to be interpolated or not.

    print <<END_MESSAGE;    #not ok
    Hello World
    END_MESSAGE
    print <<'END_MESSAGE';  #ok
    Hello World
    END_MESSAGE
    print <<"END_MESSAGE";  #ok
    $greeting
    END_MESSAGE

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

SEE ALSO

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::RequireUpperCaseHeredocTerminator

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.

2010-12-13 perl v5.10.1