NAME

       Perl::Critic::Policy::NamingConventions::ProhibitAmbiguousNames - Don't use vague variable
       or subroutine names like 'last' or 'record'.

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

       Conway lists a collection of English words which are highly ambiguous as variable or
       subroutine names.  For example, $last can mean previous or final.

       This policy tests against a list of ambiguous words for variable names.

CONFIGURATION

       The default list of forbidden words is:

           abstract bases close contract last left no record right second set

       This list can be changed by giving a value for "forbid" of a series of forbidden words
       separated by spaces.

       For example, if you decide that "bases" is an OK name for variables (e.g.  in
       bioinformatics), then put something like the following in "$HOME/.perlcriticrc":

           [NamingConventions::ProhibitAmbiguousNames]
           forbid = last set left right no abstract contract record second close

BUGS

       Currently this policy checks the entire variable and subroutine name, not parts of the
       name.  For example, it catches $last but not $last_record.  Hopefully future versions will
       catch both cases.

       Some variable statements will be false positives if they have assignments where the right
       hand side uses forbidden names.  For example, in this case the "last" incorrectly triggers
       a violation.

           my $previous_record = $Foo::last;

AUTHOR

       Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Chris Dolan.

       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.

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