package Perl::Critic::Policy::RegularExpressions::RequireLineBoundaryMatching; use 5.010001; use strict; use warnings; use Readonly; use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :severities }; use parent 'Perl::Critic::Policy'; our $VERSION = '1.152'; #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{Regular expression without "/m" flag}; Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => [ 237 ]; #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub supported_parameters { return () } sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_LOW } sub default_themes { return qw(core pbp cosmetic) } sub applies_to { return qw(PPI::Token::Regexp::Match PPI::Token::Regexp::Substitute PPI::Token::QuoteLike::Regexp) } #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- sub violates { my ( $self, $elem, $doc ) = @_; my $re = $doc->ppix_regexp_from_element( $elem ) or return; $re->modifier_asserted( 'm' ) or return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem ); return; #ok!; } 1; __END__ #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- =pod =head1 NAME Perl::Critic::Policy::RegularExpressions::RequireLineBoundaryMatching - Always use the C modifier with regular expressions. =head1 AFFILIATION This Policy is part of the core L distribution. =head1 DESCRIPTION Folks coming from a C or C background tend to assume that C<'$'> and C<'^'> match the beginning and end of the line, rather than then beginning and end of the string. Adding the '/m' flag to your regex makes it behave as most people expect it should. my $match = m{ ^ $pattern $ }x; #not ok my $match = m{ ^ $pattern $ }xm; #ok =head1 CONFIGURATION This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options. =head1 NOTES For common regular expressions like e-mail addresses, phone numbers, dates, etc., have a look at the L module. Also, be cautions about slapping modifier flags onto existing regular expressions, as they can drastically alter their meaning. See L for an interesting discussion on the effects of blindly modifying regular expression flags. =head1 AUTHOR Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Imaginative Software Systems. All 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. =cut # Local Variables: # mode: cperl # cperl-indent-level: 4 # fill-column: 78 # indent-tabs-mode: nil # c-indentation-style: bsd # End: # ex: set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 tw=78 ft=perl expandtab shiftround :