Nothing my contract explicitly says that I should comment every single line of my code before I leave so they can bring any Jerko to take over the script? Can they?

I don't see the problem. You are on a contract assignment. They have requested well-documented code -- every line may seem overkill for us, but for them, well, it's their code and if they want every line commented, so be it. The code belongs to them unless, as others have mentioned, the contract says differently.

As for the client bringing someone else in to take over the code, that's their decision. That is the nature of contract work. There is nothing you can do except live with it and learn from this experience.

You also want to be careful about doing petty things like removing all the line-breaks (although it is quite humorous and I'd love to see the look on their faces), it will do nothing for you except label you as a trouble-maker. People talk and you'd probably be surprised to find out that a future client "knows someone" at the old client...

mike

In reply to Re: Perl contract problems by mjeaton
in thread Perl contract problems by blackadder

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