#NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::RegularExpressions::ProhibitSingleCharAlternation - Use [abc] instead of a|b|c.

#AFFILIATION

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

#DESCRIPTION

Character classes (like [abc]) are significantly faster than single character alternations (like (?:a|b|c)). This policy complains if you have more than one instance of a single character in an alternation. So (?:a|the) is allowed, but (?:a|e|i|o|u) is not.

#CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

#CREDITS

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

#AUTHOR

Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

#COPYRIGHT

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