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.IX Title "Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitConditionalDeclarations 3pm"
.TH Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitConditionalDeclarations 3pm 2023-07-26 "perl v5.38.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitConditionalDeclarations \- Do not write " my $foo = $bar if $baz; ".
.SH AFFILIATION
.IX Header "AFFILIATION"
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic
distribution.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Declaring a variable with a postfix conditional is really confusing.
If the conditional is false, its not clear if the variable will be
false, undefined, undeclared, or what.  It's much more straightforward
to make variable declarations separately.
.PP
.Vb 4
\&    my $foo = $baz if $bar;          #not ok
\&    my $foo = $baz unless $bar;      #not ok
\&    our $foo = $baz for @list;       #not ok
\&    local $foo = $baz foreach @list; #not ok
.Ve
.SH CONFIGURATION
.IX Header "CONFIGURATION"
This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Jeffrey R. Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative\-software.com>
.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright (c) 2006\-2011 Chris Dolan.
.PP
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.