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

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