NAME

       Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs - Too many arguments.

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

       Subroutines that expect large numbers of arguments are hard to use because programmers routinely have to
       look at documentation to remember the order of those arguments.  Many arguments is often a sign that a
       subroutine should be refactored or that an object should be passed to the routine.

CONFIGURATION

       By default, this policy allows up to 5 arguments without warning.  To change this threshold, put entries
       in a .perlcriticrc file like this:

         [Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs]
         max_arguments = 6

       To ignore $self or $class in your argument count, as long as they're the first argument, use:

         [Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs]
         skip_object = 1

CAVEATS

       PPI doesn't currently detect anonymous subroutines, so we don't check those.  This should just work when
       PPI gains that feature.

       We don't check for @ARG, the alias for @_ from English.pm.  That's deprecated anyway.

CREDITS

       Initial development of this policy was supported by a grant from the Perl Foundation.

AUTHOR

       Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2007-2023 Chris Dolan.  Many 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

perl v5.36.0                                       2023-Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs(3pm)