--- /dev/null
+##############################################################################
+# $URL: http://perlcritic.tigris.org/svn/perlcritic/trunk/Perl-Critic/lib/Perl/Critic/Policy/Variables/ProhibitPunctuationVars.pm $
+# $Date: 2008-07-03 10:19:10 -0500 (Thu, 03 Jul 2008) $
+# $Author: clonezone $
+# $Revision: 2489 $
+##############################################################################
+
+package Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitPunctuationVars;
+
+use 5.006001;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Readonly;
+
+use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :characters :severities :data_conversion };
+use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy';
+
+our $VERSION = '1.088';
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{Magic punctuation variable used};
+Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => [ 79 ];
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub supported_parameters {
+ return (
+ {
+ name => 'allow',
+ description => 'The additional variables to allow.',
+ default_string => $EMPTY,
+ behavior => 'string list',
+ list_always_present_values =>
+ [ qw( $_ @_ $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 _ ) ],
+ },
+ );
+}
+
+sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_LOW }
+sub default_themes { return qw(core pbp cosmetic) }
+sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Token::Magic' }
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub violates {
+ my ( $self, $elem, undef ) = @_;
+ if ( !exists $self->{_allow}->{$elem} ) {
+ return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem );
+ }
+ return; #ok!
+}
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitPunctuationVars - Write C<$EVAL_ERROR> instead of C<$@>.
+
+
+=head1 AFFILIATION
+
+This Policy is part of the core L<Perl::Critic> distribution.
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Perl's vocabulary of punctuation variables such as C<$!>, C<$.>, and
+C<$^> are perhaps the leading cause of its reputation as inscrutable
+line noise. The simple alternative is to use the L<English> module to
+give them clear names.
+
+ $| = undef; #not ok
+
+ use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+ local $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH = undef; #ok
+
+
+=head1 CONFIGURATION
+
+The scratch variables C<$_> and C<@_> are very common and are pretty
+well understood, so they are exempt from this policy. The same goes
+for the less-frequently-used default filehandle C<_> used by stat().
+All the regexp capture variables (C<$1>, C<$2>, ...) are exempt too.
+
+You can add more exceptions to your configuration. In your
+perlcriticrc file, add a block like this:
+
+ [Variables::ProhibitPunctuationVars]
+ allow = $@ $!
+
+The C<allow> property should be a whitespace-delimited list of
+punctuation variables.
+
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+This doesn't find punctuation variables in strings.
+
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>
+
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer. 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.
+
+=cut
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: cperl
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
+# fill-column: 78
+# indent-tabs-mode: nil
+# c-indentation-style: bsd
+# End:
+# ex: set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 tw=78 ft=perl expandtab shiftround :