No. This is called final protective fire and a well used and accepted technique. Even the Wikipedia lists it, so it must be notable!
CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James
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I wish. It's this kind of melodrama that turned me off from Catalyst for a long time. No idea how this is considered "Perl News"..
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