NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEscapedCharacters - Write ""\N{DELETE}"" instead of ""\x7F"", etc.

AFFILIATION

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

DESCRIPTION

Escaped numeric values are hard to read and debug. Instead, use named values. The syntax is less compact, but dramatically more readable.

    $str = "\x7F\x06\x22Z";                         # not ok

    use charnames ':full';
    $str = "\N{DELETE}\N{ACKNOWLEDGE}\N{CANCEL}Z";  # ok

CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

AUTHOR

Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

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.