Re: perl obfuscation

hmm... you could take a look at the obfuscated area, read the comments to get an idea what is considered "good" ofuscation.
have a look at the winners of the annual perl journal's obfuscation contest. go to tpj.com and search for obfuscated.
but then, the best obfuscation (imho) is to do something no one has done before you. just copy/pasting from other obfuscated code aint fun.
general guidelines? hm... what comes to my mind is:

use functions and variables that are seldomly used
use strange side effects
remove white space
don't use variable names that make any sense
mislead the reader of your code (make it looking like something it isn't)
have fun!

just my 2 cents
sc
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RE: Re: perl obfuscation by BBQ (Curate) on May 13, 2000 at 12:31 UTC
You forgot obfuscated logic! I usually print backspace characters in loops just to keep it tricky. I think obfuscated code shouldn't only be hard to read, but it should be hard to follow as well! And that's my R$ 0.02 (Brazilian cents)...	[reply]
RE: Re: perl obfuscation by Anonymous Monk on May 12, 2000 at 23:44 UTC
so perl obfuscation is something like not following the standard pattern of programming.... and probably it's purpose is to mislead the reader of the code w/c also happend to me. well thanks, i guess there is no such thing as guidelines on how to write obfuscated codes in perl.	[reply]