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# $Date: 2009-06-25 18:47:12 -0400 (Thu, 25 Jun 2009) $
# $Author: clonezone $
# $Revision: 3360 $
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use 5.006001;
use strict;
use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :severities :classification };
our $VERSION = '1.099_001';
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Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{Return value of "close" ignored};
Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => q{Check the return value of "close" for success};
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sub supported_parameters { return () }
sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_LOW }
sub default_themes { return qw( core maintenance ) }
sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Token::Word' }
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sub violates {
my ( $self, $elem, undef ) = @_;
return if $elem->content() ne 'close';
return if ! is_unchecked_call( $elem );
return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem );
}
1;
__END__
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=pod
=head1 NAME
Perl::Critic::Policy::InputOutput::RequireCheckedClose - Write C<< my $error = close $fh; >> instead of C<< close $fh; >>.
=head1 AFFILIATION
This Policy is part of the core L<Perl::Critic|Perl::Critic>
distribution.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The perl builtin I/O function C<close> returns a false value on
failure. That value should be checked to ensure that the close was
successful.
my $error = close $filehandle; # ok
close $filehandle or die "unable to close: $!"; # ok
close $filehandle; # not ok
use autodie qw< :io >;
close $filehandle; # ok
You can use L<autodie>, L<Fatal>, or L<Fatal::Exception> to get around
this. Currently, L<autodie> is not properly treated as a pragma; its
lexical effects aren't taken into account.
=head1 CONFIGURATION
This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
=head1 AUTHOR
Andrew Moore <amoore@mooresystems.com>
=head1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This policy module is based heavily on policies written by Jeffrey
Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Andrew Moore. 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
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