Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitUniversalCan.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2008-03-08 (mandriva - 01/05/08)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitUniversalCan

DESCRIPTION

   print UNIVERSAL::can($obj, 'Foo::Bar') ? 'yes' : 'no';  #not ok
   print eval { $obj->can('Foo::Bar') } ? 'yes' : 'no';    #ok
 
 

As of Perl 5.9.3, the use of UNIVERSAL::can as a function has been deprecated and the method form is preferred instead. Formerly, the functional form was recommended because it gave valid results even when the object was "undef" or an unblessed scalar. However, the functional form makes it impossible for packages to override "can()", a technique which is crucial for implementing mock objects and some facades.

See the CPAN module UNIVERSAL::can for a more thorough discussion of this topic.

SEE ALSO

Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitUniversalIsa

AUTHOR

Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org> Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Chris Dolan. 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.