NAME
   Perl::Critic - Critique Perl source code for best-practices.

SYNOPSIS
       use Perl::Critic;
       my $file = shift;
       my $critic = Perl::Critic->new();
       my @violations = $critic->critique($file);
       print @violations;

DESCRIPTION
   Perl::Critic is an extensible framework for creating and applying coding
   standards to Perl source code. Essentially, it is a static source code
   analysis engine. Perl::Critic is distributed with a number of
   Perl::Critic::Policy modules that attempt to enforce various coding
   guidelines. Most Policy modules are based on Damian Conway's book Perl
   Best Practices. However, Perl::Critic is not limited to PBP and will
   even support Policies that contradict Conway. You can enable, disable,
   and customize those Polices through the Perl::Critic interface. You can
   also create new Policy modules that suit your own tastes.

   For a command-line interface to Perl::Critic, see the documentation for
   perlcritic. If you want to integrate Perl::Critic with your build
   process, Test::Perl::Critic provides an interface that is suitable for
   test programs. Also, Test::Perl::Critic::Progressive is useful for
   gradually applying coding standards to legacy code. For the ultimate
   convenience (at the expense of some flexibility) see the criticism
   pragma.

   If you'd like to try Perl::Critic without installing anything, there is
   a web-service available at <http://perlcritic.com>. The web-service does
   not yet support all the configuration features that are available in the
   native Perl::Critic API, but it should give you a good idea of what it
   does.

   Also, ActivePerl includes a very slick graphical interface to
   Perl-Critic called "perlcritic-gui". You can get a free community
   edition of ActivePerl from <http://www.activestate.com>.

PREREQUISITES
   Perl::Critic runs on Perl back to Perl 5.6.1. It relies on the PPI
   module to do the heavy work of parsing Perl.

INTERFACE SUPPORT
   The "Perl::Critic" module is considered to be a public class. Any
   changes to its interface will go through a deprecation cycle.

CONSTRUCTOR
   "new( [ -profile => $FILE, -severity => $N, -theme => $string, -include
   => \@PATTERNS, -exclude => \@PATTERNS, -top => $N, -only => $B,
   -profile-strictness => $PROFILE_STRICTNESS_{WARN|FATAL|QUIET}, -force =>
   $B, -verbose => $N ], -color => $B, -pager => $string, -allow-unsafe =>
   $B, -criticism-fatal => $B)"
   "new()"
       Returns a reference to a new Perl::Critic object. Most arguments are
       just passed directly into Perl::Critic::Config, but I have described
       them here as well. The default value for all arguments can be
       defined in your .perlcriticrc file. See the "CONFIGURATION" section
       for more information about that. All arguments are optional
       key-value pairs as follows:

       -profile is a path to a configuration file. If $FILE is not defined,
       Perl::Critic::Config attempts to find a .perlcriticrc configuration
       file in the current directory, and then in your home directory.
       Alternatively, you can set the "PERLCRITIC" environment variable to
       point to a file in another location. If a configuration file can't
       be found, or if $FILE is an empty string, then all Policies will be
       loaded with their default configuration. See "CONFIGURATION" for
       more information.

       -severity is the minimum severity level. Only Policy modules that
       have a severity greater than $N will be applied. Severity values are
       integers ranging from 1 (least severe violations) to 5 (most severe
       violations). The default is 5. For a given "-profile", decreasing
       the "-severity" will usually reveal more Policy violations. You can
       set the default value for this option in your .perlcriticrc file.
       Users can redefine the severity level for any Policy in their
       .perlcriticrc file. See "CONFIGURATION" for more information.

       If it is difficult for you to remember whether severity "5" is the
       most or least restrictive level, then you can use one of these named
       values:

           SEVERITY NAME   ...is equivalent to...   SEVERITY NUMBER
           --------------------------------------------------------
           -severity => 'gentle'                     -severity => 5
           -severity => 'stern'                      -severity => 4
           -severity => 'harsh'                      -severity => 3
           -severity => 'cruel'                      -severity => 2
           -severity => 'brutal'                     -severity => 1

       The names reflect how severely the code is criticized: a "gentle"
       criticism reports only the most severe violations, and so on down to
       a "brutal" criticism which reports even the most minor violations.

       -theme is special expression that determines which Policies to apply
       based on their respective themes. For example, the following would
       load only Policies that have a 'bugs' AND 'pbp' theme:

         my $critic = Perl::Critic->new( -theme => 'bugs && pbp' );

       Unless the "-severity" option is explicitly given, setting "-theme"
       silently causes the "-severity" to be set to 1. You can set the
       default value for this option in your .perlcriticrc file. See the
       "POLICY THEMES" section for more information about themes.

       -include is a reference to a list of string @PATTERNS. Policy
       modules that match at least one "m/$PATTERN/ixms" will always be
       loaded, irrespective of all other settings. For example:

           my $critic = Perl::Critic->new(-include => ['layout'], -severity => 4);

       This would cause Perl::Critic to apply all the "CodeLayout::*"
       Policy modules even though they have a severity level that is less
       than 4. You can set the default value for this option in your
       .perlcriticrc file. You can also use "-include" in conjunction with
       the "-exclude" option. Note that "-exclude" takes precedence over
       "-include" when a Policy matches both patterns.

       -exclude is a reference to a list of string @PATTERNS. Policy
       modules that match at least one "m/$PATTERN/ixms" will not be
       loaded, irrespective of all other settings. For example:

           my $critic = Perl::Critic->new(-exclude => ['strict'], -severity => 1);

       This would cause Perl::Critic to not apply the "RequireUseStrict"
       and "ProhibitNoStrict" Policy modules even though they have a
       severity level that is greater than 1. You can set the default value
       for this option in your .perlcriticrc file. You can also use
       "-exclude" in conjunction with the "-include" option. Note that
       "-exclude" takes precedence over "-include" when a Policy matches
       both patterns.

       -single-policy is a string "PATTERN". Only one policy that matches
       "m/$PATTERN/ixms" will be used. Policies that do not match will be
       excluded. This option has precedence over the "-severity", "-theme",
       "-include", "-exclude", and "-only" options. You can set the default
       value for this option in your .perlcriticrc file.

       -top is the maximum number of Violations to return when ranked by
       their severity levels. This must be a positive integer. Violations
       are still returned in the order that they occur within the file.
       Unless the "-severity" option is explicitly given, setting "-top"
       silently causes the "-severity" to be set to 1. You can set the
       default value for this option in your .perlcriticrc file.

       -only is a boolean value. If set to a true value, Perl::Critic will
       only choose from Policies that are mentioned in the user's profile.
       If set to a false value (which is the default), then Perl::Critic
       chooses from all the Policies that it finds at your site. You can
       set the default value for this option in your .perlcriticrc file.

       -profile-strictness is an enumerated value, one of
       "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_WARN" in Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants (the
       default), "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_FATAL" in
       Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants, and "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_QUIET" in
       Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants. If set to
       "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_FATAL" in Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants,
       Perl::Critic will make certain warnings about problems found in a
       .perlcriticrc or file specified via the -profile option fatal. For
       example, Perl::Critic normally only "warn"s about profiles referring
       to non-existent Policies, but this value makes this situation fatal.
       Correspondingly, "$PROFILE_STRICTNESS_QUIET" in
       Perl::Critic::Utils::Constants makes Perl::Critic shut up about
       these things.

       -force is a boolean value that controls whether Perl::Critic
       observes the magical "## no critic" annotations in your code. If set
       to a true value, Perl::Critic will analyze all code. If set to a
       false value (which is the default) Perl::Critic will ignore code
       that is tagged with these annotations. See "BENDING THE RULES" for
       more information. You can set the default value for this option in
       your .perlcriticrc file.

       -verbose can be a positive integer (from 1 to 11), or a literal
       format specification. See Perl::Critic::Violation for an explanation
       of format specifications. You can set the default value for this
       option in your .perlcriticrc file.

       -unsafe directs Perl::Critic to allow the use of Policies that are
       marked as "unsafe" by the author. Such policies may compile
       untrusted code or do other nefarious things.

       -color and -pager are not used by Perl::Critic but is provided for
       the benefit of perlcritic.

       -criticism-fatal is not used by Perl::Critic but is provided for the
       benefit of criticism.

       -color-severity-highest, -color-severity-high, -color-severity-
       medium, -color-severity-low, and -color-severity-lowest are not used
       by Perl::Critic, but are provided for the benefit of perlcritic.
       Each is set to the Term::ANSIColor color specification to be used to
       display violations of the corresponding severity.

       -files-with-violations and -files-without-violations are not used by
       Perl::Critic, but are provided for the benefit of perlcritic, to
       cause only the relevant filenames to be displayed.

METHODS
   "critique( $source_code )"
       Runs the $source_code through the Perl::Critic engine using all the
       Policies that have been loaded into this engine. If $source_code is
       a scalar reference, then it is treated as a string of actual Perl
       code. If $source_code is a reference to an instance of
       PPI::Document, then that instance is used directly. Otherwise, it is
       treated as a path to a local file containing Perl code. This method
       returns a list of Perl::Critic::Violation objects for each violation
       of the loaded Policies. The list is sorted in the order that the
       Violations appear in the code. If there are no violations, this
       method returns an empty list.

   "add_policy( -policy => $policy_name, -params => \%param_hash )"
       Creates a Policy object and loads it into this Critic. If the object
       cannot be instantiated, it will throw a fatal exception. Otherwise,
       it returns a reference to this Critic.

       -policy is the name of a Perl::Critic::Policy subclass module. The
       'Perl::Critic::Policy' portion of the name can be omitted for
       brevity. This argument is required.

       -params is an optional reference to a hash of Policy parameters. The
       contents of this hash reference will be passed into to the
       constructor of the Policy module. See the documentation in the
       relevant Policy module for a description of the arguments it
       supports.

   " policies() "
       Returns a list containing references to all the Policy objects that
       have been loaded into this engine. Objects will be in the order that
       they were loaded.

   " config() "
       Returns the Perl::Critic::Config object that was created for or
       given to this Critic.

   " statistics() "
       Returns the Perl::Critic::Statistics object that was created for
       this Critic. The Statistics object accumulates data for all files
       that are analyzed by this Critic.

FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
   For those folks who prefer to have a functional interface, The
   "critique" method can be exported on request and called as a static
   function. If the first argument is a hashref, its contents are used to
   construct a new Perl::Critic object internally. The keys of that hash
   should be the same as those supported by the "Perl::Critic::new()"
   method. Here are some examples:

       use Perl::Critic qw(critique);

       # Use default parameters...
       @violations = critique( $some_file );

       # Use custom parameters...
       @violations = critique( {-severity => 2}, $some_file );

       # As a one-liner
       %> perl -MPerl::Critic=critique -e 'print critique(shift)' some_file.pm

   None of the other object-methods are currently supported as static
   functions. Sorry.

CONFIGURATION
   Most of the settings for Perl::Critic and each of the Policy modules can
   be controlled by a configuration file. The default configuration file is
   called .perlcriticrc. Perl::Critic will look for this file in the
   current directory first, and then in your home directory. Alternatively,
   you can set the "PERLCRITIC" environment variable to explicitly point to
   a different file in another location. If none of these files exist, and
   the "-profile" option is not given to the constructor, then all the
   modules that are found in the Perl::Critic::Policy namespace will be
   loaded with their default configuration.

   The format of the configuration file is a series of INI-style blocks
   that contain key-value pairs separated by '='. Comments should start
   with '#' and can be placed on a separate line or after the name-value
   pairs if you desire.

   Default settings for Perl::Critic itself can be set before the first
   named block. For example, putting any or all of these at the top of your
   configuration file will set the default value for the corresponding
   constructor argument.

       severity  = 3                                     #Integer or named level
       only      = 1                                     #Zero or One
       force     = 0                                     #Zero or One
       verbose   = 4                                     #Integer or format spec
       top       = 50                                    #A positive integer
       theme     = (pbp || security) && bugs             #A theme expression
       include   = NamingConventions ClassHierarchies    #Space-delimited list
       exclude   = Variables  Modules::RequirePackage    #Space-delimited list
       criticism-fatal = 1                               #Zero or One
       color     = 1                                     #Zero or One
       allow-unsafe = 1                                  #Zero or One
       pager     = less                                  #pager to pipe output to

   The remainder of the configuration file is a series of blocks like this:

       [Perl::Critic::Policy::Category::PolicyName]
       severity = 1
       set_themes = foo bar
       add_themes = baz
       maximum_violations_per_document = 57
       arg1 = value1
       arg2 = value2

   "Perl::Critic::Policy::Category::PolicyName" is the full name of a
   module that implements the policy. The Policy modules distributed with
   Perl::Critic have been grouped into categories according to the table of
   contents in Damian Conway's book Perl Best Practices. For brevity, you
   can omit the 'Perl::Critic::Policy' part of the module name.

   "severity" is the level of importance you wish to assign to the Policy.
   All Policy modules are defined with a default severity value ranging
   from 1 (least severe) to 5 (most severe). However, you may disagree with
   the default severity and choose to give it a higher or lower severity,
   based on your own coding philosophy. You can set the "severity" to an
   integer from 1 to 5, or use one of the equivalent names:

       SEVERITY NAME ...is equivalent to... SEVERITY NUMBER
       ----------------------------------------------------
       gentle                                             5
       stern                                              4
       harsh                                              3
       cruel                                              2
       brutal                                             1

   The names reflect how severely the code is criticized: a "gentle"
   criticism reports only the most severe violations, and so on down to a
   "brutal" criticism which reports even the most minor violations.

   "set_themes" sets the theme for the Policy and overrides its default
   theme. The argument is a string of one or more whitespace-delimited
   alphanumeric words. Themes are case-insensitive. See "POLICY THEMES" for
   more information.

   "add_themes" appends to the default themes for this Policy. The argument
   is a string of one or more whitespace-delimited words. Themes are case-
   insensitive. See "POLICY THEMES" for more information.

   "maximum_violations_per_document" limits the number of Violations the
   Policy will return for a given document. Some Policies have a default
   limit; see the documentation for the individual Policies to see whether
   there is one. To force a Policy to not have a limit, specify "no_limit"
   or the empty string for the value of this parameter.

   The remaining key-value pairs are configuration parameters that will be
   passed into the constructor for that Policy. The constructors for most
   Policy objects do not support arguments, and those that do should have
   reasonable defaults. See the documentation on the appropriate Policy
   module for more details.

   Instead of redefining the severity for a given Policy, you can
   completely disable a Policy by prepending a '-' to the name of the
   module in your configuration file. In this manner, the Policy will never
   be loaded, regardless of the "-severity" given to the Perl::Critic
   constructor.

   A simple configuration might look like this:

       #--------------------------------------------------------------
       # I think these are really important, so always load them

       [TestingAndDebugging::RequireUseStrict]
       severity = 5

       [TestingAndDebugging::RequireUseWarnings]
       severity = 5

       #--------------------------------------------------------------
       # I think these are less important, so only load when asked

       [Variables::ProhibitPackageVars]
       severity = 2

       [ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls]
       allow = if unless  # My custom configuration
       severity = cruel   # Same as "severity = 2"

       #--------------------------------------------------------------
       # Give these policies a custom theme.  I can activate just
       # these policies by saying `perlcritic -theme larry`

       [Modules::RequireFilenameMatchesPackage]
       add_themes = larry

       [TestingAndDebugging::RequireTestLables]
       add_themes = larry curly moe

       #--------------------------------------------------------------
       # I do not agree with these at all, so never load them

       [-NamingConventions::Capitalization]
       [-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMagicNumbers]

       #--------------------------------------------------------------
       # For all other Policies, I accept the default severity,
       # so no additional configuration is required for them.

   For additional configuration examples, see the perlcriticrc file that is
   included in this examples directory of this distribution.

   Damian Conway's own Perl::Critic configuration is also included in this
   distribution as examples/perlcriticrc-conway.

THE POLICIES
   A large number of Policy modules are distributed with Perl::Critic. They
   are described briefly in the companion document
   Perl::Critic::PolicySummary and in more detail in the individual modules
   themselves. Say ""perlcritic -doc PATTERN"" to see the perldoc for all
   Policy modules that match the regex "m/PATTERN/ixms"

   There are a number of distributions of additional policies on CPAN. If
   Perl::Critic doesn't contain a policy that you want, some one may have
   already written it. See the "SEE ALSO" section below for a list of some
   of these distributions.

POLICY THEMES
   Each Policy is defined with one or more "themes". Themes can be used to
   create arbitrary groups of Policies. They are intended to provide an
   alternative mechanism for selecting your preferred set of Policies. For
   example, you may wish disable a certain subset of Policies when
   analyzing test programs. Conversely, you may wish to enable only a
   specific subset of Policies when analyzing modules.

   The Policies that ship with Perl::Critic have been broken into the
   following themes. This is just our attempt to provide some basic logical
   groupings. You are free to invent new themes that suit your needs.

       THEME             DESCRIPTION
       --------------------------------------------------------------------------
       core              All policies that ship with Perl::Critic
       pbp               Policies that come directly from "Perl Best Practices"
       bugs              Policies that that prevent or reveal bugs
       certrec           Policies that CERT recommends
       certrule          Policies that CERT considers rules
       maintenance       Policies that affect the long-term health of the code
       cosmetic          Policies that only have a superficial effect
       complexity        Policies that specifically relate to code complexity
       security          Policies that relate to security issues
       tests             Policies that are specific to test programs

   Any Policy may fit into multiple themes. Say "perlcritic -list" to get a
   listing of all available Policies and the themes that are associated
   with each one. You can also change the theme for any Policy in your
   .perlcriticrc file. See the "CONFIGURATION" section for more information
   about that.

   Using the "-theme" option, you can create an arbitrarily complex rule
   that determines which Policies will be loaded. Precedence is the same as
   regular Perl code, and you can use parentheses to enforce precedence as
   well. Supported operators are:

       Operator    Alternative    Example
       -----------------------------------------------------------------
       &&          and            'pbp && core'
       ||          or             'pbp || (bugs && security)'
       !           not            'pbp && ! (portability || complexity)'

   Theme names are case-insensitive. If the "-theme" is set to an empty
   string, then it evaluates as true all Policies.

BENDING THE RULES
   Perl::Critic takes a hard-line approach to your code: either you comply
   or you don't. In the real world, it is not always practical (nor even
   possible) to fully comply with coding standards. In such cases, it is
   wise to show that you are knowingly violating the standards and that you
   have a Damn Good Reason (DGR) for doing so.

   To help with those situations, you can direct Perl::Critic to ignore
   certain lines or blocks of code by using annotations:

       require 'LegacyLibaray1.pl';  ## no critic
       require 'LegacyLibrary2.pl';  ## no critic

       for my $element (@list) {

           ## no critic

           $foo = "";               #Violates 'ProhibitEmptyQuotes'
           $barf = bar() if $foo;   #Violates 'ProhibitPostfixControls'
           #Some more evil code...

           ## use critic

           #Some good code...
           do_something($_);
       }

   The "## no critic" annotations direct Perl::Critic to ignore the
   remaining lines of code until a "## use critic" annotation is found. If
   the ""## no critic"" annotation is on the same line as a code statement,
   then only that line of code is overlooked. To direct perlcritic to
   ignore the ""## no critic"" annotations, use the "--force" option.

   A bare "## no critic" annotation disables all the active Policies. If
   you wish to disable only specific Policies, add a list of Policy names
   as arguments, just as you would for the "no strict" or "no warnings"
   pragmas. For example, this would disable the "ProhibitEmptyQuotes" and
   "ProhibitPostfixControls" policies until the end of the block or until
   the next "## use critic" annotation (whichever comes first):

       ## no critic (EmptyQuotes, PostfixControls)

       # Now exempt from ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEmptyQuotes
       $foo = "";

       # Now exempt ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls
       $barf = bar() if $foo;

       # Still subjected to ValuesAndExpression::RequireNumberSeparators
       $long_int = 10000000000;

   Since the Policy names are matched against the "## no critic" arguments
   as regular expressions, you can abbreviate the Policy names or disable
   an entire family of Policies in one shot like this:

       ## no critic (NamingConventions)

       # Now exempt from NamingConventions::Capitalization
       my $camelHumpVar = 'foo';

       # Now exempt from NamingConventions::Capitalization
       sub camelHumpSub {}

   The argument list must be enclosed in parentheses or brackets and must
   contain one or more comma-separated barewords (e.g. don't use quotes).
   The "## no critic" annotations can be nested, and Policies named by an
   inner annotation will be disabled along with those already disabled an
   outer annotation.

   Some Policies like "Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity" apply to an
   entire block of code. In those cases, the "## no critic" annotation must
   appear on the line where the violation is reported. For example:

       sub complicated_function {  ## no critic (ProhibitExcessComplexity)
           # Your code here...
       }

   Policies such as "Documentation::RequirePodSections" apply to the entire
   document, in which case violations are reported at line 1.

   Use this feature wisely. "## no critic" annotations should be used in
   the smallest possible scope, or only on individual lines of code. And
   you should always be as specific as possible about which Policies you
   want to disable (i.e. never use a bare "## no critic"). If Perl::Critic
   complains about your code, try and find a compliant solution before
   resorting to this feature.

THE Perl::Critic PHILOSOPHY
   Coding standards are deeply personal and highly subjective. The goal of
   Perl::Critic is to help you write code that conforms with a set of best
   practices. Our primary goal is not to dictate what those practices are,
   but rather, to implement the practices discovered by others. Ultimately,
   you make the rules -- Perl::Critic is merely a tool for encouraging
   consistency. If there is a policy that you think is important or that we
   have overlooked, we would be very grateful for contributions, or you can
   simply load your own private set of policies into Perl::Critic.

EXTENDING THE CRITIC
   The modular design of Perl::Critic is intended to facilitate the
   addition of new Policies. You'll need to have some understanding of PPI,
   but most Policy modules are pretty straightforward and only require
   about 20 lines of code. Please see the Perl::Critic::DEVELOPER file
   included in this distribution for a step-by-step demonstration of how to
   create new Policy modules.

   If you develop any new Policy modules, feel free to send them to
   "<[email protected]>" and I'll be happy to consider putting them into
   the Perl::Critic distribution. Or if you would like to work on the
   Perl::Critic project directly, you can fork our repository at
   <https://github.com/Perl-Critic/Perl-Critic.git>.

   The Perl::Critic team is also available for hire. If your organization
   has its own coding standards, we can create custom Policies to enforce
   your local guidelines. Or if your code base is prone to a particular
   defect pattern, we can design Policies that will help you catch those
   costly defects before they go into production. To discuss your needs
   with the Perl::Critic team, just contact "<[email protected]>".

PREREQUISITES
   Perl::Critic requires the following modules:

   B::Keywords

   Config::Tiny

   Exception::Class

   File::Spec

   File::Spec::Unix

   File::Which

   IO::String

   List::MoreUtils

   List::Util

   Module::Pluggable

   Perl::Tidy

   Pod::Spell

   PPI

   Pod::PlainText

   Pod::Select

   Pod::Usage

   Readonly

   Scalar::Util

   String::Format

   Task::Weaken

   Term::ANSIColor

   Text::ParseWords

   version

CONTACTING THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
   You are encouraged to subscribe to the public mailing list at
   <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/perl-critic>. At least one member of
   the development team is usually hanging around in
   <irc://irc.perl.org/#perlcritic> and you can follow Perl::Critic on
   Twitter, at <https://twitter.com/perlcritic>.

SEE ALSO
   There are a number of distributions of additional Policies available. A
   few are listed here:

   Perl::Critic::More

   Perl::Critic::Bangs

   Perl::Critic::Lax

   Perl::Critic::StricterSubs

   Perl::Critic::Swift

   Perl::Critic::Tics

   These distributions enable you to use Perl::Critic in your unit tests:

   Test::Perl::Critic

   Test::Perl::Critic::Progressive

   There is also a distribution that will install all the Perl::Critic
   related modules known to the development team:

   Task::Perl::Critic

BUGS
   Scrutinizing Perl code is hard for humans, let alone machines. If you
   find any bugs, particularly false-positives or false-negatives from a
   Perl::Critic::Policy, please submit them at
   <https://github.com/Perl-Critic/Perl-Critic/issues>. Thanks.

CREDITS
   Adam Kennedy - For creating PPI, the heart and soul of Perl::Critic.

   Damian Conway - For writing Perl Best Practices, finally :)

   Chris Dolan - For contributing the best features and Policy modules.

   Andy Lester - Wise sage and master of all-things-testing.

   Elliot Shank - The self-proclaimed quality freak.

   Giuseppe Maxia - For all the great ideas and positive encouragement.

   and Sharon, my wife - For putting up with my all-night code sessions.

   Thanks also to the Perl Foundation for providing a grant to support
   Chris Dolan's project to implement twenty PBP policies.
   <http://www.perlfoundation.org/april_1_2007_new_grant_awards>

   Thanks also to this incomplete laundry list of folks who have
   contributed to Perl::Critic in some way: Gregory Oschwald, Mike O'Regan,
   Tom Hukins, Omer Gazit, Evan Zacks, Paul Howarth, Sawyer X, Christian
   Walde, Dave Rolsky, Jakub Wilk, Roy Ivy III, Oliver Trosien, Glenn
   Fowler, Matt Creenan, Alex Balhatchet, Sebastian Paaske Tørholm, Stuart
   A Johnston, Dan Book, Steven Humphrey, James Raspass, Nick Tonkin,
   Harrison Katz, Douglas Sims, Mark Fowler, Alan Berndt, Neil Bowers,
   Sergey Romanov, Gabor Szabo, Graham Knop, Mike Eldridge, David
   Steinbrunner, Kirk Kimmel, Guillaume Aubert, Dave Cross, Anirvan
   Chatterjee, Todd Rinaldo, Graham Ollis, Karen Etheridge, Jonas Brømsø,
   Olaf Alders, Jim Keenan, Slaven Rezić, Szymon Nieznański.

AUTHOR
   Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 2005-2018 Imaginative Software Systems. 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.