NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitEmptyQuotes

DESCRIPTION

Don't use quotes for an empty string or any string that is pure whitespace. Instead, use q{} to improve legibility. Better still, created named values like this. Use the x operator to repeat characters.

            

              
              
$message = '';      #not ok
$message = "";      #not ok
$message = "     "; #not ok
$message = q{};     #better
$message = q{     } #better
$EMPTY = q{};
$message = $EMPTY;      #best
$SPACE = q{ };
$message = $SPACE x 5;  #best
            
          

SEE ALSO

Perl::Critic::Policy::ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitNoisyStrings

AUTHOR

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005-2007 Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer. All 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.