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# $Date: 2009-06-27 20:02:58 -0400 (Sat, 27 Jun 2009) $
# $Author: clonezone $
# $Revision: 3373 $
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use 5.006001;
use strict;
use version;
use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :severities :classification :ppi };
our $VERSION = '1.099_002';
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Readonly::Scalar my $STDIO_HANDLES_RX => qr/\b STD (?: IN | OUT | ERR \b)/xms;
Readonly::Scalar my $FORK_HANDLES_RX => qr/\A (?: -[|] | [|]- ) \z/xms;
Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{Two-argument "open" used};
Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => [ 207 ];
Readonly::Scalar my $MINIMUM_VERSION => version->new(5.006);
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub supported_parameters { return () }
sub default_severity { return $SEVERITY_HIGHEST }
sub default_themes { return qw(core pbp bugs security) }
sub applies_to { return 'PPI::Token::Word' }
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
sub violates {
my ($self, $elem, $document) = @_;
return if $elem->content() ne 'open';
return if ! is_function_call($elem);
my $version = $document->highest_explicit_perl_version();
return if $version and $version < $MINIMUM_VERSION;
my @args = parse_arg_list($elem);
if ( scalar @args == 2 ) {
# When opening STDIN, STDOUT, or STDERR, the
# two-arg form is the only option you have.
return if $args[1]->[0] =~ $STDIO_HANDLES_RX;
return if $args[1]->[0]->isa( 'PPI::Token::Quote' )
&& $args[1]->[0]->string() =~ $FORK_HANDLES_RX;
return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem );
}
return; # ok!
}
1;
__END__
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
=pod
=for stopwords perlipc
=head1 NAME
Perl::Critic::Policy::InputOutput::ProhibitTwoArgOpen - Write C<< open $fh, q{<}, $filename; >> instead of C<< open $fh, "<$filename"; >>.
=head1 AFFILIATION
This Policy is part of the core L<Perl::Critic|Perl::Critic>
distribution.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The three-argument form of C<open> (introduced in Perl 5.6) prevents
subtle bugs that occur when the filename starts with funny characters
like '>' or '<'. The L<IO::File|IO::File> module provides a nice
object-oriented interface to filehandles, which I think is more
elegant anyway.
open( $fh, '>output.txt' ); # not ok
open( $fh, q{>}, 'output.txt' ); # ok
use IO::File;
my $fh = IO::File->new( 'output.txt', q{>} ); # even better!
It's also more explicitly clear to define the input mode of the file,
as in the difference between these two:
open( $fh, 'foo.txt' ); # BAD: Reader must think what default mode is
open( $fh, '<', 'foo.txt' ); # GOOD: Reader can see open mode
This policy will not complain if the file explicitly states that it is
compatible with a version of perl prior to 5.6 via an include
statement, e.g. by having C<require 5.005> in it.
=head1 CONFIGURATION
This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
=head1 NOTES
There are two cases in which you are forced to use the two-argument form of
open. When re-opening STDIN, STDOUT, or STDERR, and when doing a safe pipe
open, as described in L<perlipc|perlipc>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<IO::Handle|IO::Handle>
L<IO::File|IO::File>
=head1 AUTHOR
Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2005-2009 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.
=cut
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