Perl::Critic::Policy::BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitLValueSubstr
Conway discourages the use of substr() as an lvalue, instead recommending that the 4-arg version of substr() be used instead.
substr()
substr($something, 1, 2) = $newvalue; # not ok substr($something, 1, 2, $newvalue); # ok
Graham TerMarsch <graham@howlingfrog.com>
Copyright (C) 2005 Graham TerMarsch. All rights reserved.
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cpanm
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