Perl::...uchCode(3pm)

💖 Perl::...uchCode(3pm) — yes that's the actual page name bestie, it's giving "truncated for your convenience" ✨

okay so real talk: this page lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section, and the whole thing is about Perl::Critic::TooMuchCode. it's short, it's sweet, it's iconic, and we're gonna go through it together, no skipping, periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

Perl::Critic::TooMuchCode — perlcritic add-ons that generally check for dead code.

that's it. that's the whole name section. short king behavior. 👑

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this add-on for Perl::Critic? its whole mission is identifying trivial dead code. like, it's a vibe check for your codebase.

and "dead code" here means two flavors of sad little ghost code:

• the ones that has no use — just... sitting there. existing. for no reason. 🙈
• the ones that produce no effect — they run, they do a thing, but the thing does nothing. main character energy with zero plot relevance. 💀

why do we care, you ask? because having dead code floating around causes maintenance burden. it's literally just clutter you have to keep looking at forever, and every time you touch it you have to figure out if it matters (it doesn't) 🫶

and some might prefer not to generate them in the first place. honestly? valid. prevention is the slay. 💅

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Kang-min Liu <gugod@gugod.org>

ty for your service, we are obsessed 🎀

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📜 LICENSE 📜

MIT

go forth and use it, bestie 💜

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lowkey reminder: the vibes on this page are mine but the facts are not — every option, name and line up there is exactly what the original said. no cap.

mwah 💋 stay linted, stay clean, and may your codebase never be caught carrying around dead code it doesn't need 🌈 🦋 ⭐

oh and for the record, this was all perl v5.36.0, dated 2023-10-05, and yes it's still filed under Perl::...uchCode(3pm) — the ellipsis stays, it's part of the aesthetic now 💅✨