Perl::Critic::Policy::ControlStructures::ProhibitDeepNests - Don't write deeply nested loops and conditionals.
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
Deeply nested code is often hard to understand and may be a sign that it needs to be refactored. There are several good books on how to refactor code. I like Martin Fowler's "Refactoring: Improving The Design of Existing Code".
The maximum number of nested control structures can be configured via a value for max_nests in a .perlcriticrc file. Each for-loop, if-else, while, and until block is counted as one nest. Postfix forms of these constructs are not counted. The default maximum is 5. Customization in a .perlcriticrc file looks like this:
max_nests
[ControlStructures::ProhibitDeepNests] max_nests = 3
Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>
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cpanm
cpanm Perl::Critic
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Perl::Critic
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