Perl::...orLoops(3pm)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is Perl::...orLoops(3pm) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's literally the manual for Perl::Critic::Policy::ControlStructures::ProhibitCStyleForLoops 💅. The whole assignment? Write for(0..20) instead of for($i=0; $i<=20; $i++). That's it. That's the policy. periodt.

🫶 AFFILIATION 🫶

This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution. no cap.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

The 3-part for loop that Perl inherits from C is butt-ugly, and only really necessary if you need irregular counting. The very Perlish .. operator is much more elegant and readable. 🦋

so here's the glow-up:

for($i=0; $i<=$max; $i++){      #ick!
    do_something($i);
}

for(0..$max){                   #very nice
    do_something($_);
}

🎀 CONFIGURATION 🎀

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options. That's the tea: no extra knobs, just the standard options. ☕

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com> — iconic.

💜 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.

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and that's the whole page! source/version: perl v5.42.0 · date: 2024-10-23 · manual: Perl::...orLoops(3pm) — go slay those loops, bestie 💖✨