Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs(3)	User Contributed Perl Documentation Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs(3)

NAME

       Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs - Too many arguments.

AFFILIATION

       This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.

DESCRIPTION

       Subroutines that expect large numbers of arguments are hard to use because programmers routinely have to look at documentation to remember
       the order of those arguments.  Many arguments is often a sign that a subroutine should be refactored or that an object should be passed to
       the routine.

CONFIGURATION

       By default, this policy allows up to 5 arguments without warning.  To change this threshold, put entries in a .perlcriticrc file like this:

	 [Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs]
	 max_arguments = 6

CAVEATS

       PPI doesn't currently detect anonymous subroutines, so we don't check those.  This should just work when PPI gains that feature.

       We don't check for @ARG, the alias for @_ from English.pm.  That's deprecated anyway.

TO DO

       Don't include $self and $class in the count.

CREDITS

       Initial development of this policy was supported by a grant from the Perl Foundation.

AUTHOR

       Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Chris Dolan.  Many 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

perl v5.16.3							    2014-06-09		    Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitManyArgs(3)