---
name: "Perl::Critic::Exception::Fatal"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-perl-critic"
version: "1.156-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Perl::Critic::Exception::Fatal"
---

# Perl::Critic::Exception::Fatal(3pm)

A problem that should cause Perl::Critic to stop running.

## NAME

Perl::Critic::Exception::Fatal - A problem that should cause Perl::Critic to stop running.

## DESCRIPTION

Something went wrong and processing should not continue.  You should never specifically look for this exception or one of its subclasses.

Note: the constructor invokes "show\_trace" in Exception::Class to force stack-traces to be included in the standard stringification.

This is an abstract class.  It should never be instantiated.

## INTERFACE SUPPORT

This is considered to be a public class.  Any changes to its interface will go through a deprecation cycle.

## METHODS

- full\_message()

  Overrides "full\_message" in Exception::Class to include extra information.

## AUTHOR

Elliot Shank \<perl@galumph.com\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Elliot Shank.

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.