Perl::...Colons(3pm)

🎀 NAME 🎀

from User Contributed Perl Documentation, this is Perl::...Colons(3pm) 💖

• TooMuchCode::ProhibitExcessiveColons — finds '::::::::' in module names. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay bestie, so in an include statement, it is possible to have a lot of colons:

use Data::::Dumper;

... or

use Data::::::::Dumper;

as long as the number of colons is a multiple of two. ✨

However, just because it is doable, does not mean it is sensible. 😭 the string "use Data::::::Dumper" will make perl look for "lib/Data///Dumper.pm", which is usually the same as "lib/Data/Dumper.pm". 💀

This policy restrict you to use only two colons to delimit one layer of namespace. periodt. 💅

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that's the whole vibe from Perl::...Colons(3pm), perl v5.36.0, 2023-10-05 🫶