--- /dev/null
+##############################################################################
+# $URL: http://perlcritic.tigris.org/svn/perlcritic/trunk/Perl-Critic/lib/Perl/Critic/Policy/ValuesAndExpressions/ProhibitEmptyQuotes.pm $
+# $Date: 2008-07-03 10:19:10 -0500 (Thu, 03 Jul 2008) $
+# $Author: clonezone $
+# $Revision: 2489 $
+##############################################################################
+
+package Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEmptyQuotes;
+
+use 5.006001;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Readonly;
+
+use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :severities };
+use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy';
+
+our $VERSION = '1.088';
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Readonly::Scalar my $EMPTY_RX => qr{\A ["|'] \s* ['|"] \z}mx;
+Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{Quotes used with an empty string};
+Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => [ 53 ];
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub supported_parameters { return () }
+sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_LOW }
+sub default_themes { return qw(core pbp cosmetic) }
+sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Token::Quote' }
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub violates {
+ my ( $self, $elem, undef ) = @_;
+ if ( $elem =~ $EMPTY_RX ) {
+ return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem );
+ }
+ return; #ok!
+}
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEmptyQuotes - Write C<q{}> instead of C<''>.
+
+=head1 AFFILIATION
+
+This Policy is part of the core L<Perl::Critic> distribution.
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Don't use quotes for an empty string or any string that is pure whitespace.
+Instead, use C<q{}> to improve legibility. Better still, created named values
+like this. Use the C<x> operator to repeat characters.
+
+ $message = ''; #not ok
+ $message = ""; #not ok
+ $message = " "; #not ok
+
+ $message = q{}; #better
+ $message = q{ } #better
+
+ $EMPTY = q{};
+ $message = $EMPTY; #best
+
+ $SPACE = q{ };
+ $message = $SPACE x 5; #best
+
+
+=head1 CONFIGURATION
+
+This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
+
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitNoisyStrings>
+
+=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 :