Bug #18200 for Perl-Critic: Match variables and 'use English'

Thu Mar 16 10:19:23 2006 polettix [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

There are issues with <code>use English</code> in 0.14: <pre> #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use English; </pre> yields: <pre> shell$ perlcritic -1 english.pl Match variable used at line 4, column 1. See page 82 of PBP (Severity: 4) </pre> I have silenced other rants for this test (VERSION, etc.). Note that <code>use English</code> is necessary to cope with another section of PBP, namely the usage of punctuation variables (pag. 79 of PBP).

Thu Mar 16 11:46:28 2006 thaljef [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Subject:	Perl::Critic - C<use English;>
From:	thaljef [...] cpan.org

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> I have silenced other rants for this test (VERSION, etc.). Note that > <code>use English</code> is necessary to cope with another section of > PBP, namely the usage of punctuation variables (pag. 79 of PBP).

From the ProhibitMatchVars documentation: Using the "match variables" $`, $&, and/or $' can significantly degrade the performance of a program. This policy forbids using them or their English equivalents. It also forbids plain C<use English;> so you should instead employ C<use English '-no_match_vars';> which avoids the match variables. See perldoc English or PBP page 82 for more information.

Thu Mar 16 11:46:29 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Mar 16 12:42:30 2006 flavio [...] polettix.it - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #18200] Perl::Critic - C<use English;>
Date:	Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:57:29 +0100 (CET)
To:	bug-Perl-Critic [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	"Flavio Poletti" <flavio [...] polettix.it>

D'oh, I completely forgot that! Sorry for the inconvenience :) Show quoted text

> > <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=18200 > >

>> I have silenced other rants for this test (VERSION, etc.). Note that >> <code>use English</code> is necessary to cope with another section of >> PBP, namely the usage of punctuation variables (pag. 79 of PBP).

> > From the ProhibitMatchVars documentation: > > Using the "match variables" $`, $&, and/or $' can significantly > degrade the performance of a program. This policy forbids using them > or their English equivalents. It also forbids plain C<use English;> so > you should instead employ C<use English '-no_match_vars';> which > avoids the match variables. See perldoc English or PBP page 82 for > more information. > > > > >

Fri Mar 17 01:46:19 2006 thaljef [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'

Tue Feb 19 17:00:48 2013 thaljef [...] cpan.org - Subject changed from (no value) to 'Match variables and 'use English''

Bug #18200 for Perl-Critic: Match variables and 'use English'

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