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Things for Perl::Critic::More developers to do

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Supplemental policies for Perl::Critic
Disallow high-bit characters.
Use exceptions instead of die, croak, or confess.
Enforce backward compatible code.
Require a use 5.006; or similar.
Putting the constant value on the left side of an equality exposes typos.