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NAME

6       Perl::Critic::Policy::Objects::ProhibitIndirectSyntax - Prohibit
7       indirect object call syntax.
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AFFILIATION

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

13       Indirect object syntax is commonly used in other object-oriented
14       languages for instantiating objects. Perl allows this, but to say that
15       it supports it may be going too far. Instead of writing
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19       it is preferable to write
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21           my $foo = Foo->new;
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23       The problem is that Perl needs to make a number of assumptions at
24       compile time to disambiguate the first form, so it tends to be fragile
25       and to produce hard-to-track-down bugs.
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CONFIGURATION

28       Indirect object syntax is also hard for Perl::Critic to disambiguate,
29       so this policy only checks certain subroutine calls. The names of the
30       subroutines can be configured using the "forbid" configuration option:
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32           [Objects::ProhibitIndirectSyntax]
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35       The "new" subroutine is configured by default; any additional "forbid"
36       values are in addition to "new".
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CAVEATS

39       The general situation can not be handled via static analysis.
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SEE ALSO

42       Perl::Critic::Policy::Dynamic::NoIndirect and indirect both do a better
43       job with this, but they require that you compile/execute your code.
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AUTHOR

46       Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org
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49       Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Tom Wyant.
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51       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
52       under the same terms as Perl itself.  The full text of this license can
53       be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
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