#NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProtectPrivateVars - Prevent access to private vars in other packages.

#AFFILIATION

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

#DESCRIPTION

By convention Perl authors (like authors in many other languages) indicate private methods and variables by inserting a leading underscore before the identifier. This policy catches attempts to access private variables from outside the package itself.

#CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

#HISTORY

This policy is inspired by a similar test in B::Lint

#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.

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