Perl::C...perators(3)

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version 1.14 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 NAME 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to Perl::Critic::Policy::Bangs::ProhibitBitwiseOperators — yeah that's the whole name, it's a mouthful, we know. This page is filed in the manual as Perl::C...perators(3) (the column got hungry and ate the middle, not our fault), and it lives under the User Contributed Perl Documentation section. 🌸

The tea: bitwise operators are usually accidentally used instead of logical boolean operators. That's it. That's the policy. 🎀

✨ AFFILIATION ✨

This Policy is part of the Perl::Critic::Bangs distribution. so if you're getting yelled at by it, that's who to thank 🫶

📝 DESCRIPTION 📝

okay so here's the vibe: bitwise operators are usually accidentally used instead of logical boolean operators. like, the classic oopsie. 🍓

Instead of writing "$a || $b", people will often write "$a | $b", which is not correct. 💀

One character off. One. and that one character changes everything. it's giving "I meant or but I typed or's chaotic cousin". not me crying over a single pipe 😭

⚙️ CONFIGURATION ⚙️

This policy cannot be configured. no knobs, no dials, no secret perlcriticrc incantations. it is what it is, periodt. 👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Mike O'Regan <moregan@stresscafe.com> — the icon who wrote this policy. bow. 🙇‍♀️

Copyright (C) 2006-2017 Andy Lester and Mike O'Regan

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. 🦋

and that's the whole page, bestie, no cap — this shipped as perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25. go forth and use || like the main character you are 💅✨🎀

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