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Perl::Critic is an extensible framework for creating and applying coding standards to Perl source code. Essentially, it is a static source code analysis engine. Perl::Critic is distributed with a number of Perl::Critic::Policy modules that attempt to enforce various coding guidelines.

Perl module on CPAN: Perl::Critic

perlcritic: Command-line interface to critique Perl source.

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Static code analysis module in Perl

Is there any static code analysis module in Perl except B::Lint and Perl::Critic? How effective is Module::Checkstyle?
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perlcritic: "require" statement with library name as string Use a bareword instead

Perlcritic complains about the following line of code: require "bin/menu.pl"; "require" statement with library name as string Use a bareword instead. However if I change it to a bare word: require bin/menu.pl I get an illegal division by zero…
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Prevent compiler execution of BEGIN / UNITCHECK / CHECK / INIT blocks

I want to detect grammar errors in my perl code. I've found that perlcritic misses many of them, (eg a random else inserted before any if, so trying to compile with perl -cw looks like the only viable option. However, I don't want to open myself up…
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PerlCritic flags ProhibitMagicNumbers violation 10 times only

I ran PerlCritic on the following code: my…
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Perl + PerlCritic | loop iterator is not lexical

I have this code ... my $line = ''; foreach $line ( split( /\n/x, $raw ) ) { chomp $line; my ( $key, $val ) = split( /=/x, $line ); $param{$key} = $val; } ... After perlcritic checking, i get…
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Avoid PerlCritic when interpolating variables with eval

perlcritic is complaining with Expression form of "eval" [BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitStringyEval] on the first eval line from the code below: use strict; use warnings; use feature qw/say/; my $hasTwitter = 1; my $validEmail = 0; my $rule =…
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How to run perl critic from a script with ProhibitExcessComplexity enabled?

How do I run Perl critic from a script with Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity enabled ? I tried the following but it wasn't flagging complex 500+ line subroutines. I do not have a .perlcriticrc(Neither do I want one to be there) use…
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Install Perl-Critic-1.119 on centos 6.4 with perl v5.8.8

Is there a way to install Perl-Critic-1.119 on centos 6.4 with perl v5.8.8, when i try with cpanm i get error: sudo cpanm Perl::Critic [sudo] password for kahmed: --> Working on Perl::Critic Fetching…
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perlcritic message: map used in void context

There is a Perl code line below where I get the message from perlcritic: map { $total_ids += scalar @{$ids->{$_}} } @brands; The message is: "map" used in void context near 'map { $total_ids += scalar @{$ids->{$_}} } @brands;' Can anyone help me…
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Install of Pod::Spell failing on Strawberry Portable 5.20.2

When I try to cpanm Pod::Spell on Strawberry 5.20.2 (64bit PortableZIP edition), it flags I18N::Langinfo as a dependency. When it tries to download the distribution for I18N::Langinfo it locates it in R/RJ/RJBS/perl-520.0.tar.gz and, wisely, thinks…
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Perl::Critic: "Code before warnings are enabled" when using -w

Im getting "Code before warnings are enabled" from Perl::Critic, even though I have -w specified in the shebang #!/usr/bin/perl -w I really don't want to go through and replace all instances. Is there anything I can do? Additionally, I do want…
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Perl critic policy violation in checking index of substring in a string

for my $item (@array) { if (index($item, '$n') != -1) { print "HELLO\n"; } } Problem is: Perl critic gives below policy violation. String may require interpolation at line 168, near '$item, '$n''. (Severity: 1) Please advise how…
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Perl critic error on splitting string into array using regexp

sub func { my ($n) = @_; return unless ($n); my @array; push @array, $1 while $n =~ / ((?: [^(),]+ | ( \( (?: [^()]+ | (?2) )* \) ) )+) (?:…
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Why does Try::Tiny's "try {}" seem different from "eval {}" for objects created inside the try block?

I have the following initialisation code in a system tray applet: use Gtk3 -init; use Glib::Object::Introspection; eval { Glib::Object::Introspection->setup( basename => 'Notify', version => '0.7', package =>…
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how to modify rules in perlcritic

Hie , Perl critic (Source Code Analyser). I am new to this . Although I have studied the documentation and know how to run it (That's not enough!). I want to modify the rules (i.e include,exclude or add my own rules to it). I know .perlcriticrc file…
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