Re(5): How to end a Perl script

Sorry to keep this going, but I do not see what the win would be by doing it your way. Maybe it fulfills some way of doing it that some guru has claimed is the best (yes, I remember the debate over Cargo Cult programming). I don't say it is bad doing it your way, I don't see what the big deal is actually.

Using "1;" is as readable as a comment to me and most others - actually, you could think of it as one if you wish? Or is comments just plain unnecessary too (I mean, perl will run without them)? Sorry about that sarcasm, but it really looks like "Cargo Cult" is used as a buzzword this time (again).

Again, sorry to keep the discussion alive like this.

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Re: Re(5): How to end a Perl script by demerphq (Chancellor) on May 03, 2002 at 10:23 UTC
Using "1;" is as readable as a comment to me and most others Why bother using 1? I mean the requirement is only that whatever is used evaluates as true, thus much more interesting and entertaining are possible. From Carp::Assert by Schwern `return q\|You don't just EAT the largest turnip in the world!\|;` [download] From Tie::Cycle and Tie::FlipFlop by abigail `"Tie::Cycle"; "End of Tie::FlipFlop";` [download] And I'm sure there are lots more examples... :-) As to samtregar I have to say that your use of Cargo Cult in this context wasn't well thought through. Thats like saying that putting in a trailing comma in your arguments lists or hash declarations or using a semicolon on the last statement of a block or any of the other unecessary things that perl allows you to do in the interest of minimizing errors in the long term are Cargo Cult programming. And I just cant see you arguing that point :-) Yves / DeMerphq --- Writing a good benchmark isnt as easy as it might look. _{<super>Edited: removed unintentionally confrontational wording.</super>}	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Re(5): How to end a Perl script
by demerphq (Chancellor) on May 03, 2002 at 10:23 UTC

Using "1;" is as readable as a comment to me and most others

Why bother using 1? I mean the requirement is only that whatever is used evaluates as true, thus much more interesting and entertaining are possible. From Carp::Assert by Schwern

return q|You don't just EAT the largest turnip in the world!|;
[download]

Tie::Cycle

Tie::FlipFlop

abigail

"Tie::Cycle";
"End of Tie::FlipFlop";
[download]

As to samtregar I have to say that your use of Cargo Cult in this context wasn't well thought through. Thats like saying that putting in a trailing comma in your arguments lists or hash declarations or using a semicolon on the last statement of a block or any of the other unecessary things that perl allows you to do in the interest of minimizing errors in the long term are Cargo Cult programming. And I just cant see you arguing that point :-)

Yves / DeMerphq
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