Making a code shorter

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Re: Making a code shorter by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jun 26, 2002 at 17:21 UTC
`use CGI::Carp 'fatalsToBrowser'; # <-- recommended` No it isn't. (Get rid of `fatalsToBrowser`. It is helpful in development, but has no business in live, client-facing code.) Use Template Toolkit or HTML::Template and separate the HTML out of your code. That will shorten the code by about 90% and make it much more maintainable also. Other than that, I only skimmed over it, so my feeling that there's a whole lot to clean up may or may not be justified. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Making a code shorter by earthboundmisfit (Chaplain) on Jun 26, 2002 at 17:28 UTC
Since you imported the standard CGI package, there is no need to create the OO cgi object: `$q = new CGI;` [download] Removing all those `$q->`'s might cut it down a bit too.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Making a code shorter by DamnDirtyApe (Curate) on Jun 26, 2002 at 18:58 UTC
You might benefit from implementing this with CGI::Application. It uses a perl module to define different run modes for a program on a function basis, much as you are doing now. Also, it has built-in support for CGI and HTML::Template, so you could easily implement Aristotle's suggestion to use a templating system (which, BTW, I also highly recommend.) Take a look at the documentation on CPAN, as well as a good article on PerlMonks. _______________ D a m n D i r t y A p e Home Node \| Email	[reply]