#NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitImplicitNewlines - Use concatenation or HEREDOCs instead of literal line breaks in strings.

#AFFILIATION

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

#DESCRIPTION

Strings with embedded line breaks are hard to read. Use concatenation or HEREDOCs instead.

my $foo = "Line one is quite long
Line two";                                    # Bad

my $foo = "Line one is quite long\nLine two"; # Better, but still hard to read

my $foo = "Line one is quite long\n"
    . "Line two";                               # Better still

my $foo = <<'EOF';                            # Use heredoc for longer passages
Line one is quite long
Line two
Line three breaks the camel's back
EOF

#CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

#AUTHOR

Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

#CREDITS

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

#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.