On Mon, 2002-04-01 at 17:24, Jonathan E. Paton wrote:
> > For debugging purposes I like to be able
> > to see entire functions (and sometimes
> > more than one) on the screen at the same
> > time. With short loops like this one that
> > means keeping it as short and sweet as
> > possible to maximize the amount of code
> > visible at one time.
>
> Get a bigger monitor nmy friend ;-)
I normally keep four gnome-terminals open two at 49 lines and two at 25
lines, but sometimes I just have two at 75 lines each.
>
> > So I tend to convert code that looks
> > like this:
> >
> > my $col = 0;
> > foreach my $data (@list) {
> > $worksheet1->write(0, $col, $list);
> > $col++;
> > }
> >
> > to
> >
> > my $col = 0;
> > $worksheet1->write(0, $col++, $_) foreach (@list);
>
> I like consistancy, and prefer:
>
I hope that you meant these foreachs to be one line (each) and your
email client wrapped it. If not, then I fear for the sanity of the next
guy to maintain your code even more than I fear for the sanity of the
guy after me <grin />.
> my $col = 0;
> $worksheet1->write(0, $col++, $_)
> foreach @list;
>
> Of course, you could use:
>
> my $col = 0;
> $worksheet1->write(0, $col, $_), $col++
> for @list;
>
> or even:
>
> $worksheet1->write(0, $col, $list[$col])
> for 0..$#list;
>
> Personally, I think whenever appropriate
> use the alternative forms here. This is
> especially true of exceptional conditions,
> e.g:
>
> die "nicely"
> unless foo == bar;
>
> rather than:
>
> unless (foo == bar) {
> die "nicely";
> }
>
> which hides the purpose. There is room
> in this world for preferences, just don't
> expect mine to be same as yours :)
>
> Jonathan Paton
>
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