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

NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitConstantPragma - Don't "use constant FOO => 15".

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Named constants are a good thing. But don't use the "constant" pragma because barewords don't interpolate. Instead use the Readonly module.

  use constant FOOBAR => 42;  #not ok
  use Readonly;
  Readonly my $FOOBAR => 42;  #ok
  Readonly::Scalar my $FOOBAR => 42;  #ok

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

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.

2014-05-02 perl v5.16.3