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+" Author: Vincent Lequertier <https://github.com/SkySymbol>
+" Description: This file adds support for checking perl with perl critic
+
+if exists('g:loaded_ale_linters_perl_perlcritic')
+    finish
+endif
+
+let g:loaded_ale_linters_perl_perlcritic = 1
+function! ale_linters#perl#perlcritic#Handle(buffer, lines)
+    let pattern = '\(.\+\) at \(.\+\) line \(\d\+\)'
+    let output = []
+
+    for line in a:lines
+        let l:match = matchlist(line, pattern)
+
+        if len(l:match) == 0
+            continue
+        endif
+
+        let line = l:match[3]
+        let column = 1
+        let text = l:match[1]
+        let type = 'E'
+
+        " vcol is Needed to indicate that the column is a character.
+        call add(output, {
+        \   'bufnr': a:buffer,
+        \   'lnum': line,
+        \   'vcol': 0,
+        \   'col': column,
+        \   'text': text,
+        \   'type': type,
+        \   'nr': -1,
+        \})
+    endfor
+
+    return output
+endfunction
+
+call ALEAddLinter('perl', {
+\   'name': 'perlcritic',
+\   'executable': 'perlcritic',
+\   'output_stream': 'sdtout',
+\   'command': 'perlcritic --verbose 3 --nocolor',
+\   'callback': 'ale_linters#perl#perlcritic#Handle',
+\})