Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::RequireUpperCaseHeredocTerminator3pm

Write " <<'the_end'; " instead of " <<'theend'; ".

Affiliation

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

Overview

For legibility, HEREDOC terminators should be all UPPER CASE letters (and numbers), without any whitespace. Conway also recommends using a standard prefix like "END_" but this policy doesn't enforce that.

  print <<'the End';  #not ok
  Hello World
  the End
  print <<'THE_END';  #ok
  Hello World
  THE_END

Configuration

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

Releases

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

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