Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::RequireEndWithOne(3pm)

Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::RequireEndWithOne3pm

End each module with an explicitly "1;" instead of some funky expression.

Affiliation

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

Overview

All files included via "use" or "require" must end with a true value to indicate to the caller that the include was successful. The standard practice is to conclude your .pm files with "1;", but some authors like to get clever and return some other true value like "return "Club sandwich";". We cannot tolerate such frivolity! OK, we can, but we don't recommend it since it confuses the newcomers.

Configuration

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

Author

Chris Dolan "[email protected]"

Some portions cribbed from Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::RequireExplicitPackage.

From perl-perl-critic 1.156-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.