Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::RequireGlobFunction(3pm)
                                           User Contributed Perl Documentation


NAME
       Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::RequireGlobFunction - Use "glob
       q{*}" instead of <*>.

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

DESCRIPTION
       Conway discourages the use of the "<..>" construct for globbing, as it
       is easily confused with the angle bracket file input operator.
       Instead, he recommends the use of the glob() function as it makes it
       much more obvious what you're attempting to do.

           @files = <*.pl>;              # not ok
           @files = glob '*.pl';         # ok

CONFIGURATION
       This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR
       Graham TerMarsch <graham@howlingfrog.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Graham TerMarsch.  All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-26
              Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::RequireGlobFunction(3pm)