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# $URL: http://perlcritic.tigris.org/svn/perlcritic/trunk/Perl-Critic/Changes $
# $Date: 2005-12-22 23:06:58 -0800 (Thu, 22 Dec 2005) $
# $Author: thaljef $
# $Revision: 153 $
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[0.13_01]
Replaced 'priority' concept with 'severity'. Now each Policy module
has a predefined severity level ranging from 1 to 5. By default,
perlcritic only reports the most severe violations. You can adjust
the severity threshold at the command line, and you can change
the severity for any Policy using the config file.
Chris implemented the applies_to() mechanism, which allows each Policy
class to declare the types of PPI elements that it wants to examine.
When traversing the document, Perl::Critic invokes the Policy only
for elements that are of the correct type. This improves performance
by about 33%.
Perl::Critic now uses a Plugin architecture to automatically
discover Policy modules. So if you have custom Policies, all you
have to do is install them in the Perl::Critic::Policy namespace --
no need to add anything to your .perlcriticrc file. If you write
policies in a different namespace, you can configure that too. See
the Perl::Critic::Config docs for details.
New Policies:
* Modules::RequireEndWithOne
* NamingConventions::ProhibitAmbiguousNames
* References::ProhibitDoubleSigils
* Subroutines::RequireFinalReturn
* Subroutines::ProhibitAmpersandSigils
* Subroutines::ProhibitExcessComplexity
* TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitNoStrict
* TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitNoWarnings
Bug Fixes:
* 15101: Plugin architecture improves support for 3rd-party code
* 16319: Fixed incorrect PBP page number in ProhibitBarwordFilehandle
* 16321: Lists of empty quotes are now allowed by ProhibitQuotedWordLists
* 16288: Empty lists caused a fatal error RequireTrailingCommas
* 15653: Fixed false positive in OneArgSelect.
[0.13] Released on 051031
Production release of 0.12_03. No code major changes.
[0.12_03] Not released
Renamed -Policy option to -include. Added -exclude to give the
opposite effect.
Refactored constructor of Perl::Critic. Now, most of the work
is delegated to Perl::Critic::Config. I'm not sure I like how
this turned out, but we'll see how it goes.
Renamed some Policy modules to be a bit more comprehensible. Note
that you may need to change your .perlcriticrc file accordingly.
I also suggest removing your current Perl::Critic installation
before installing this one.
Name Changes:
* ProhibitUnpackagedCode => RequireExplicitPackage
* RequireQuotedWords => ProhibitQuotedWordLists
Improved error message when Perl::Critic dies because PPI can't
parsee the input code.
Changed output of -help to be more terse.
Edited POD.
[0.12_02] Not released
Added -Policy option to perlcritic. The idea is to provide a
compact interface for selecting Policy modules at the command-line.
This feature is experimental and subject to change.
Added a warning message if -verbose value looks strange. In most
applications, the -verbose option does not require a value, so people
might be puzzled when they write 'perlcritic -verbose my_file.pm' and
nothing seems to happen.
Command-line options to perlcritic are now case-sensitive. This
makes it easier to abbreviate options that start with the same letters
(e.g. 'Version' and 'verbose')
Fixed the new Policy modules that were misnamed and misplaced in the
previous distribution.
[0.12_01] Not released
Rewrote some of the ControlStructures and BuiltinFunction
policies to be simpler (and probably a little faster).
Edited POD. Fixed some typos. Added PREREQUISITES section
to Perl::Critic documentation.
Fixed the -verbose FORMAT option so that you can put metachars
in the FORMAT specification. If using perlcritic, be careful to
protect them from getting munged by the shell first.
Replaced ProhibitRequireStatements with RequireBarewordIncludes
module. Courtesy of Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>
Added configuration to ProhibitInterpolationOfLiterals so that
certain flavors of quotes can be exempt. This is for folks who
have configured their editor to use special syntax highlighting
for certain kinds of strings (SQL, for example).
perlcritic now accepts multiple file arguments, so now you can
critique your entire distribution in one shot. As a result, the
output-formats have changed slightly.
New Policy modules:
* BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitLvalueSubstr
* BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitSleepViaSelect
* ClassHierarchies::ProhibitOneArgBless
* CodeLayout::RequireTrailingCommas
* CodeLayout::RequireQuotedWordLists
* InputOutput::ProhibitTwoArgOpen
* InputOutput::ProhibitOneArgSelect
* InputOutput::ProhibitBarewordFileHandles
* Miscellanea::RequireRcsKeywords
* Modules::RequireVersionVar
* RegularExpressions::RequireExtendedFormatting
* RegularExpressions::RequireLineBoundaryMatching
Bug fixes:
14923: 'require' is now permitted. See RequireBarewordIncludes.
15022: Fixed false-positives when keywords are used as hash keys.
15023: Fixed spurious Violations by removing magic shebang.
15031: Fixed spelling mistakes (and probably added some new ones).
15233: Postfix 'if' is now allowed with 'die', 'croak', etc.
[0.12] Released 051010
Redesigned the 'verbose' feature. Now the output format
can be user-defined using a sprintf-like specification.
perlciritc also has a predefined output format that is
compatible with grep mode in editors like vim and emacs.
'return' is now exempt from ProhibitParensWithBuiltins. I may
extend this exemption to all unary functions.
Edited POD. Added a super brief description of each policy
in the main Perl::Critic documentation. Added details about
editor integration.
Additional Prerequisites:
* String::Format
[0.11] Not released
The internal dynamics and API of Perl::Critic have changed
considerably. The result is a 300% increase in performance.
See the POD in Perl::Critic::Policy for details.
New Features:
* Added -verbose option to put more stuff in the output. In the
extreme, you can get the POD from Policy attached to each
and every violation.
Additional Prerequisites:
* IO::String
* Pod::PlainText
[0.10] Released 051005
Fixed stupid bug in newest Policy modules. They were returning
PPI objects instead of Perl::Critic::Violation objects. Doh!
Fixed test scripts to prevent failures if the user already has a
.perlcriticrc file.
'ProhibitHardTabs' now allows leading tabs by default.
Put the Changes file in reverse-chronological order, so the most
recent stuff is easy to find at the top of the file
[0.09] Released 051004
Fixed several bugs:
* 14810: Now you are allowed to create your own 'import' function,
since this is frequently done with fancy modules.
* 14817: Parens, brackets, and braces are now excluded from
'ProhibitNoisyQuotes' since they look better in quotes anyway.
* 14787: $1..$9 and '_' are exempt from ProhibitPunctuationVars
* 14899: Object methods with the same name as a built-in can
be called with parens (ProhibitParensWithBuiltins).
* 14901: Normalized the exit status of perlcritic to 0, 1, or 2.
See documentation for explanation.
* 14855: Partially fixed home directory discovery. Still not
completely portable, but at least doesn't create warnings.
New features:
* 14734: Limit for number separators is now configurable
New Policy modules:
* CodeLayout::ProhibitHardTabs
* ControlStructures::ProhibitUnlessBlocks
* ControlStructures::ProhibitUntilBlocks
* ControlStructures::ProhibitCStyleForLoops
Changed the syntax for the magic comments. Adam had the
idea of using a pragma-like notation. I liked it.
[0.08_2] Released 050927
Fixed problems with Perl::Critic::Config that caused File::Spec
to emit 'uninitialized value' warnings during the build.
Added 1 Policy module contributed by Graham TerMarsch
Switched from File::Spec::Functions to plain File::Spec because
I think its usage is more common.
Removed 'FindBin' from the test files so I can be sure that the
right libraries are getting loaded. This means I'll have to
use the -l option with C<prove>.
Edited more POD.
[0.08_01] Not released
Fixed "ProhibitParensWithBuiltins" to allow parens to be used with
object method calls that have the same name as a builtin functions.
Introduced magical comments that allow developers to configure
Perl::Critic on-the-fly from within their code.
Added META.yml files and POD tests to the build. I did this
mostly just to boost the Kwalitee score on CPANTS.
Switched from "Config::Std" to "Config::Tiny" because it doesn't
require those fancy Damian modules that don't seem to work on
some older versions of Perl.
[0.07] Released on 050921
Fixed bugs in the ProhibitCascadingIfElse policy.
Added ProhibitExplicitReturnUndef policy
Made ProhibitUnpackagedCode configurable so you can exempt scripts,
which typically don't have an explicit 'package' statement.
ProhibitPackageVars policy now exempts vars in ALL_CAPS. This
is to permit common package variables like @EXPORT and $VERSION.
Renamed "ProhibitStringyGrep and "ProhibitStringyMap" because
the so-called string form doesn't really exist. Now called
"RequireBlockGrep" and "RequireBlockMap"
Corrected documentation on defining Policy names within the
configuration file. This still isn't very clear and needs
to be rewritten.
Perl::Critic now requires PPI version 1.003, which has a few bug
fixes of its own.
Rewrite some code just to make Perl::Critic more self-compliant.
Added test cases to verify the configuration functionality. These
are not completely thorough and need more work.
[0.06] Released on 050917
Now called 'Perl::Critic'.
Added 4 new policy modules.
Fixed bugs in build process.
Added support for Module::Build.
[0.05] Released on 050917
End of 'Perl::Review' releases. I have changed the name to
'Perl::Critic' to avoid possible confusion with "The Perl Review"
magazine.
[0.04] Released on 050914
Version 0.03 was a bust because I uploaded the wrong tarball to PAUSE.
[0.03] Released on 050913.
Fixed some POD links.
Removed test cases for missing policy module.
[0.02] Released on 050913.
Major overhaul based on feedback from Perl community.
Factored coding standards into separate modules (known as
Policies). The idea here is to allow other developers to easily
contribute additional coding standards.
Reworked Perl::Review into a simple engine for loading and running
Policy modules.
Gave perlreview a command-line interface and configuration file
for selecting which Policy modules to use.
[0.01] Released on 050816.
Initial version.