Perl::Critic::Policy::ControlStructures::ProhibitDeepNests.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2009-03-07 (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ControlStructures::ProhibitDeepNests - Don't write deeply nested loops and conditionals.

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Deeply nested code is often hard to understand and may be a sign that it needs to be refactored. There are several good books on how to refactor code. I like Martin Fowler's ``Refactoring: Improving The Design of Existing Code''.

CONFIGURATION

The maximum number of nested control structures can be configured via a value for "max_nests" in a .perlcriticrc file. Each for-loop, if-else, while, and until block is counted as one nest. Postfix forms of these constructs are not counted. The default maximum is 5. Customization in a .perlcriticrc file looks like this:
     [ControlStructures::ProhibitDeepNests]
     max_nests = 3
 
 

AUTHOR

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org> Copyright (c) 2005-2009 Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer. 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.