#NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitLvalueSubstr - Use 4-argument substr instead of writing substr($foo, 2, 6) = $bar.

#AFFILIATION

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

#DESCRIPTION

Conway discourages the use of substr() as an lvalue, instead recommending that the 4-argument version of substr() be used instead.

substr($something, 1, 2) = $newvalue;     # not ok
substr($something, 1, 2, $newvalue);      # ok

The four-argument form of substr() was introduced in Perl 5.005. This policy does not report violations on code which explicitly specifies an earlier version of Perl (e.g. use 5.004;).

#CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

#SEE ALSO

"substr" in perlfunc (or perldoc -f substr).

"4th argument to substr" in perl5005delta

#AUTHOR

Graham TerMarsch <graham@howlingfrog.com>

#COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.