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Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::ProhibitConditionalUseStatements(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::ProhibitConditionalUseStatements(3pm) |
NAME¶
Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::ProhibitConditionalUseStatements - Avoid putting conditional logic around compile-time includes.
AFFILIATION¶
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
DESCRIPTION¶
Modules included via "use" are loaded at compile-time. Placing conditional logic around the "use" statement has no effect on whether the module will be loaded. Doing so can also serve to confuse the reader as to the author's original intent.
If you need to conditionally load a module you should be using "require" instead.
This policy will catch the following forms of conditional "use" statements:
# if-elsif-else if ($a == 1) { use Module; } if ($a == 1) { } elsif ($a == 2) { use Module; } if ($a == 1) { } else { use Module; } # for/foreach for (1..$a) { use Module; } foreach (@a) { use Module; } # while while ($a == 1) { use Module; } # unless unless ($a == 1) { use Module; } # until until ($a == 1) { use Module; } # do-condition do { use Module; } if $a == 1; do { use Module; } while $a == 1; do { use Module; } unless $a == 1; do { use Module; } until $a == 1; # operator-do $a == 1 || do { use Module; }; $a == 1 && do { use Module; }; $a == 1 or do { use Module; }; $a == 1 and do { use Module; }; # non-string eval eval { use Module; };
Including a module via "use" in bare blocks, standalone do blocks, or string evals is allowed.
# bare block { use Module; } # do do { use Module; } # string eval eval "use Module";
CONFIGURATION¶
This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
AUTHOR¶
Peter Guzis <pguzis@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Peter Guzis. All 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.
2023-10-27 | perl v5.36.0 |