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Why am I *not* getting this warning: "variable masks earlier declaration"?

Here's my entire script, crafted to include two variable with the same name, one of which is masking the other:

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $hi = "First hi";
print "$hi\n";

{
    my $hi = "Second hi";
    print "$hi\n";
}

print "$hi\n";

If I run this script, I get this output, and noticeably no warnings:

First hi
Second hi
First hi

If I remove the curly braces around the second $hi variable so that is in the same scope as the first $hi variable, I get this warning:

"my" variable $hi masks earlier declaration in same scope at hi.pl

However, I want this warning even when the variable is not in the same scope. I want the warning every time a variable name is shadowing another. How can I enable this warning? Is there a Perl Critic policy that I can enable that will warn me about this?

Solution

  • Did you try this:

    Perl::Critic::Policy::Variables::ProhibitReusedNames;