> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:47:16 -0600, Bryan R Harris wrote: >>> Okay, here's one I struggle with often -- is one of these better than >>> the other? >>> >>> ************************************** >>> A. >>> if ( isFlat($tire) ) { changeTire($tire); } >>> >>> B. >>> checkFlatAndChangeTireIfNecessary($tire); >>> >>> ************************************** >> >> Ah, a recovering Java programmer :-) >> >> Seriously, the letsRunAsManyWordsAsPossibleTogether style bugs the > heck >> out of me. The Perlish style (perldoc perlstyle) would be > > There is one other question about B. that I haven't seen mentioned in > this thread. There may be other reasons why you would change that tire. > Would you really want it bound that tightly with CheckFlat() when you > need to add them?
Ah, yes, that's the kind of advice I thought I was looking for with the question. I've been trying to generalize all this advice, but my previous message is the closest I've come to it. Thanks Bob. - Bryan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/