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Id:
57640
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Low/Low
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dolmen [...] cpan.org
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1.105
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Wed May 19 13:58:00 2010 dolmen [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: Subroutines::RequireFinalReturn should ignore DESTROY sub

The special sub DESTROY (object destructor) never returns a value. Subroutines::RequireFinalReturn should ignore it. -- Olivier Mengué - http://o.mengue.free.fr/
Wed May 19 20:17:44 2010 perl [...] galumph.com - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #57640] Subroutines::RequireFinalReturn should ignore DESTROY sub
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 19:17:34 -0500
To: bug-Perl-Critic@rt.cpan.org
From: Elliot Shank <perl@galumph.com>

On 5/19/10 12:58 PM, Olivier 'dolmen' Mengué via RT wrote:
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> The special sub DESTROY (object destructor) never returns a value. > > Subroutines::RequireFinalReturn should ignore it.
Yes, it does. All subroutines return values. No exceptions. It's just that when it gets called as a destructor, the VM ignores the return value. Plus, there's nothing stopping someone from invoking DESTROY directly. Yes, it would be stupid to do so, but there's nothing preventing it.
Wed May 19 20:17:45 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
Mon May 24 15:22:08 2010 dolmen [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Le Mer 19 Mai 2010 20:17:44, clonezone a écrit :
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> On 5/19/10 12:58 PM, Olivier 'dolmen' Mengué via RT wrote:
> > The special sub DESTROY (object destructor) never returns a value. > > > > Subroutines::RequireFinalReturn should ignore it.
> > Yes, it does. All subroutines return values. No exceptions. It's > just that when it gets called as a destructor, the VM ignores the > return value. > > Plus, there's nothing stopping someone from invoking DESTROY directly. > Yes, it would be stupid to do so, but there's nothing preventing it.
OK. I understand. But could you add an option that would permit to relax that rules for a list of subs? Currently it is all or nothing. I propose: ignore_subs = DESTROY -- Olivier Mengué - http://o.mengue.free.fr/

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