> 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



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