Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProtectPrivateVars(3pm)

Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProtectPrivateVars3pm

Prevent access to private vars in other packages.

Affiliation

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

Overview

By convention Perl authors (like authors in many other languages) indicate private methods and variables by inserting a leading underscore before the identifier. This policy catches attempts to access private variables from outside the package itself.

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

History

This policy is inspired by a similar test in B::Lint

Author

Chris Dolan <[email protected]>

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