Re: Measuring Complexity (was Re: Perl::Metrics::Simple 0.30)

2006-12-19 Thread Chris Dolan
On Dec 19, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Matisse Enzer wrote: I agree that ( $a == $b ) is not an extra branch, but, it is harder for a human to understand than ( $a ) When did this thread change from code complexity to human understandability? Those are rather different topics. ( $a ) of course

Re: Measuring Complexity (was Re: Perl::Metrics::Simple 0.30)

2006-12-19 Thread Matisse Enzer
On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Randy W. Sims wrote: Matisse Enzer wrote: On Dec 15, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Chris Dolan wrote: OK, I see. Perhaps I was distracted from your main point by mention of cyclomatic complexity, which has a rather specific definition. Mea culpa. In the next release I

Re: Measuring Complexity (was Re: Perl::Metrics::Simple 0.30)

2006-12-17 Thread Randy W. Sims
Matisse Enzer wrote: On Dec 15, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Chris Dolan wrote: OK, I see. Perhaps I was distracted from your main point by mention of cyclomatic complexity, which has a rather specific definition. Mea culpa. In the next release I will change the documentation for Perl::Metrics::Si

Re: Measuring Complexity (was Re: Perl::Metrics::Simple 0.30)

2006-12-16 Thread Chris Dolan
On Dec 16, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Matisse Enzer wrote: On Dec 15, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Chris Dolan wrote: OK, I see. Perhaps I was distracted from your main point by mention of cyclomatic complexity, which has a rather specific definition. Mea culpa. In the next release I will change the docum

Measuring Complexity (was Re: Perl::Metrics::Simple 0.30)

2006-12-16 Thread Matisse Enzer
On Dec 15, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Chris Dolan wrote: OK, I see. Perhaps I was distracted from your main point by mention of cyclomatic complexity, which has a rather specific definition. Mea culpa. In the next release I will change the documentation for Perl::Metrics::Simple to make clear