On Dec 12, 2003, at 10:29 AM, Rob Dixon wrote:
Tom Kinzer wrote:[..]
as a matter of style, i think always having them is nice for maintenance/readability.
I may be wrong, but I think most Perl programmers would disagree.
( (start flame)
( rob you spawn of (under nice) who (hates roundies))
( where Is your (respect (true(coding))) standards)
(end flame)
)There are clear and compelling reasons why from time to time one will see inside a perl module, away from the light of day, and innocents, such things as
sub fongule
{
my $fongul = $_[0]->method_name($_[1]);
....
$retval;
}but I think that as a Sobriety Moment, and just good basic practice it is best to leave the general Dark Side Of Perl where we found it.
First we need to get persons new to perl to feel safe and at home with how basically just like any regular programming language Perl seems to be. That they can create functions/methods - even void functions of the form
do_something();
this way they will move into the process of writing reasonably maintainable code that will be easy for them to manage. They will be able to make rational enough choices about general code maintainability noticing that as they feel at home with basic
sub do_something { ... }
that it is a simple step into creating perl modules of their own that are easy to maintain as merely a stack of functionality, with or without blessing the reference.
This needs to be done to lull them into a false sense of safety before we start Ripping their Heads off with Completely wack Job solutions like:
Render_Page({ $main_display => \&ManageCache ,
cache_off => \&cache_off ,
cache_reset => \&cache_reset ,
cache_on => \&cache_on ,
cache_clear => \&cache_clear ,
cache_rm => \&cache_rm ,
cache_print => \&cache_print
}, $main_display, $title);The days of the Elder Gods are coming, you know that, I know that, there is no reason to scare the newbies with the whole relationship of the kult of kthulu that is at the Heart of Darkness of Perl...
ciao drieux
---
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when You Rip It From My Cold Dead Hand!"
- (drieux (still in (therapy(issues(resolving(attack(roundies(make angst))))))))
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