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NAME
       Perl::Critic::Policy::ClassHierarchies::ProhibitAutoloading - AUTOLOAD methods should be avoided.

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

DESCRIPTION
       Declaring a subroutine with the name "AUTOLOAD" will violate this Policy.  The "AUTOLOAD" mechanism is an easy way to generate methods for
       your classes, but unless they are carefully written, those classes are difficult to inherit from.  And over time, the "AUTOLOAD" method
       will become more and more complex as it becomes responsible for dispatching more and more functions.  You're better off writing explicit
       accessor methods.  Editor macros can help make this a little easier.

CONFIGURATION
       This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR
       Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Imaginative Software Systems.  All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-07	  Perl::Critic::Policy::ClassHierarchies::ProhibitAutoloading(3pm)