NAME¶

Perl::Critic::Policy::ControlStructures::ProhibitUnlessBlocks - Write "if(! $condition)" instead of "unless($condition)".

AFFILIATION¶

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

DESCRIPTION¶

Conway discourages using "unless" because it leads to double-negatives that are hard to understand. Instead, reverse the logic and use "if".

    unless($condition) { do_something() } #not ok
    unless(! $no_flag) { do_something() } #really bad
    if( ! $condition)  { do_something() } #ok

This Policy only covers the block-form of "unless". For the postfix variety, see "ProhibitPostfixControls".

CONFIGURATION¶

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

SEE ALSO¶

Perl::Critic::Policy::ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls

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.