Perl::Critic::Policy::RegularExpressions::ProhibitUnusualDelimiters(3pm)
                                           User Contributed Perl Documentation


NAME
       Perl::Critic::Policy::RegularExpressions::ProhibitUnusualDelimiters -
       Use only "//" or "{}" to delimit regexps.

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

DESCRIPTION
       Perl lets you delimit regular expressions with almost any character,
       but most choices are illegible.  Compare these equivalent expressions:

         s/foo/bar/;   # good
         s{foo}{bar};  # good
         s#foo#bar#;   # bad
         s;foo;bar;;   # worse
         s|\|\||\||;   # eye-gouging bad

CONFIGURATION
       There is one option for this policy, "allow_all_brackets".  If this is
       true, then, in addition to allowing "//" and "{}", the other matched
       pairs of "()", "[]", and "<>" are allowed.

CREDITS
       Initial development of this policy was supported by a grant from the
       Perl Foundation.

AUTHOR
       Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Chris Dolan.  Many 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

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