perl-Perl-Critic-Policy-Plicease-ProhibitArrayAssignAref

Don't assign an anonymous arrayref to an array

This policy is a fork of Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitArrayAssignAref. It differs from the original by not having a dependency on List::MoreUtils. It is unfortunately still licensed as GPL3. It asks you not to assign an anonymous arrayref to an array @array = [ 1, 2, 3 ]; # bad The idea is that it's rather unclear whether an arrayref is intended, or might have meant to be a list like @array = ( 1, 2, 3 ); This policy is under the "bugs" theme (see Perl::Critic/POLICY THEMES) for the chance '[]' is a mistake, and since even if it's correct it will likely make anyone reading it wonder. A single arrayref can still be assigned to an array, but with parens to make it clear, @array = ( [1,2,3] ); # ok Dereferences or array and hash slices (see perldata/Slices) are recognised as an array target and treated similarly, @$ref = [1,2,3]; # bad assign to deref @{$ref} = [1,2,3]; # bad assign to deref @x[1,2,3] = ['a','b','c']; # bad assign to array slice @x{'a','b'} = [1,2]; # bad assign to hash slice

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