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

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.

TO DO

       Don't include $self and $class in the count.

CREDITS

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

AUTHOR

       Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2007-2011 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

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