I have, in no way, said that obfuscated code is a good idea. I have also not said that using undocumented features of Perl is a good thing to do. I'm talking about lesser-known features, like goto &foo, that are documented and correct to use in certain situations.

Here's an example - would you say that using the Schwartzian Transform or Orcish Manauver is "obtuse"? Yet, one uses map liberally and the other uses ||=, which is a lesser-known feature. (It receives less than one page in the 3rd ed. Camel book.) If I were to take the Orcish Manauver to a code review in most Perl shops, 2/5 would definitely vote it's obfuscated! Yet, I hope you're not advocating that the Orcish Manauver is unmaintainable.

Yes, you have a number of years more in the industry. However, nearly all my years have been rewriting badly written code and being forced to make it more maintainable in order to do anything with it. My "coolness" may cost the company three days, but someone else's "stupidity" just cost the company my last month's of work.

I'd much rather someone use lesser-known features, but wrote good code, than someone use the easier 50% and write it badly.

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In reply to Re: (jcwren) Re: My code and your stupidity don't mix! by dragonchild
in thread Would you use 'goto' here? by Ovid

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