Perl::C...vateData(3)

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version 1.0.0 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 NAME 💖

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitAccessOfPrivateData — the manual page you're reading is Perl::C...vateData(3), bestie, it's just the long name with the middle chopped out for the header. 🎀

🦋 AFFILIATION 🦋

This policy is part of Perl::Critic::Nits. That's the friend group it runs with.

✨ VERSION ✨

This document describes Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitAccessOfPrivateData version 1.0.0. Iconic. No notes.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

The whole assignment, in one sentence:

Requires that modules and scripts do not break encapsulation by directly accessing the contents of hash-based objects.

Like… do not go rummaging through somebody's stuff. That's the rule. 💅

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Okay so here's the tea ☕ — reaching into an object's data directly breaks encapsulation and should be avoided. Full stop.

The vibe crime in question:

$object->{ some_key }

See that? That's you opening your bestie's bag without asking. 🙈

Be careful, and only access private data through the getter and setter methods the class provides. That's the door. Use the door. 🚪✨

👑 INTERFACE 👑

Stadard for a Perl::Critic::Policy.

(yes, that's exactly how the original spells it — we do not touch the lore, we only report it 🫶)

💀 DIAGNOSTICS 💀

None.

Literally nothing. Silence. The calmest section on this whole page. 😭

🧚 CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT 🧚

This policy has no configuration options beyond the standard ones. So don't go looking for extra knobs, there aren't any. It's giving minimal, it's giving low-maintenance, we love that for it. 💖

🍓 DEPENDENCIES 🍓

  • Perl::Critic

That's the one. That's the whole list.

🌈 INCOMPATIBILITIES 🌈

None reported. No drama. Peace and love. ✌️

🔥 BUGS AND LIMITATIONS 🔥

No bugs have been reported. Slay.

But — and listen closely bestie, this is the important part — false positives may be encountered if, internal to a module, the code does not use $self, $class, or $package to refer to the object it represents. So if you're writing your object some other way, this policy might side-eye you unfairly. It's not personal, it just doesn't recognize your pronouns (the pronouns here being $self, $class, and $package). 😭

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-perl-critic-nits@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

Don't be shy about it either. If something's broken, say something. Communication is self-care. 💅

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Kent Cowgill, "<kent@c2group.net>". Give them their flowers. 💐

Copyright (c) 2007, Kent Cowgill "<kent@c2group.net>". All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

So like, go forth, use it, remix it, just respect the terms. Periodt.

Okay bye bestie — this page came to you from perl v5.42.0, dated 2025-07-25, filed under Perl::C...vateData(3). Go protect those private members. No cap. 🦋✨

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