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NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ClassHierarchies::ProhibitOneArgBless - Write bless {}, $class; instead of just bless {};.

AFFILIATION

This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.

DESCRIPTION

Always use the two-argument form of bless because it allows subclasses to inherit your constructor.

  sub new {
      my $class = shift;
      my $self = bless {};          # not ok
      my $self = bless {}, $class;  # ok
      return $self;
  }

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005-2007 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.