---
name: "Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::RequireEndWithOne"
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::Policy::Modules::RequireEndWithOne"
---

# Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::RequireEndWithOne(3pm)

End each module with an explicitly "1;" instead of some funky expression.

## NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::RequireEndWithOne - End each module with an explicitly "1;" instead of some funky expression.

## AFFILIATION

This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.

## DESCRIPTION

All files included via `"use"` or `"require"` must end with a true value to indicate to the caller that the include was successful.  The standard practice is to conclude your .pm files with `"1;"`, but some authors like to get clever and return some other true value like `"return "Club sandwich";"`.  We cannot tolerate such frivolity!  OK, we can, but we don't recommend it since it confuses the newcomers.

## CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.

## AUTHOR

Chris Dolan `"cdolan@cpan.org"`

Some portions cribbed from Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::RequireExplicitPackage.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Chris Dolan and Imaginative Software Systems.  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.