criticism(3)          User Contributed Perl Documentation         criticism(3)



NNAAMMEE
       criticism - Perl pragma to enforce coding standards

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
         use criticism;

         use criticism 'gentle';
         use criticism 'stern';
         use criticism 'harsh';
         use criticism 'cruel';
         use criticism 'brutal';

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This pragma runs your file through Perl::Critic before every execution.
       In practice, this isn't always feasible because it adds a great deal of
       overhead at start-up.  Unless you really don't mind the wait, you're
       probably better off using the perlcritic command-line or
       Test::Perl::Critic.

       For scripts, you can manually load the "criticism" pragma at the com-
       mand-line like this:

         perl -Mcriticism=cruel your_script.pl

       Or if you only want to run Perl::Critic during development and you have
       not installed Perl::Critic in your production environment, try this:

         eval {
             require criticism;
             criticism->import( 'cruel' );
         };

CCOONNFFIIGGUURRAATTIIOONN
       The import argument is a named equivalent to the numeric severity lev-
       els in Perl::Critic.  For example, "use criticism 'gentle';" reports
       only the most dangerous violations.  On the other hand, "use criticism
       'brutal';" reports eevveerryy violation.  If the import argument is not
       defined, it defaults to 'gentle'.

       The "criticsm" pragma will obey whatever configurations you have set in
       your _._p_e_r_l_c_r_i_t_i_c_r_c file.  See "CONFIGURATION" in Perl::Critic for more
       details.

NNOOTTEESS
       The "criticism" pragma will apply to the whole file, so it is not
       affected by scope boundaries and "use"-ing it mutliple times will just
       cause it to reprocess the same file.  There isn't a reciprocal "no
       criticism" pragma.  However, Perl::Critic does support a pseudo-pragma
       that directs it to overlook certain lines or blocks of code.  See
       "BENDING THE RULES" in Perl::Critic for more details.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
       Copyright (c) 2006 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.



perl v5.8.7                       2006-01-14                      criticism(3)