This is the perfect moment for a Factory pattern. Write a function that returns IO::Socket::Inet objects, but you only pass the parameters along.

Your factory, is an engine of sorts. How it figures out what object you want is up to you. You can make configuration files, as someone suggested and your factoury would do, Factory->new( 'http://test.com' ) for port 80, or Factory->new('smtp://test.com').

Or you can write a Factory that takes all the parameters.

All in all, it'd reduce the code down to ...

$web = Factory->new( some parameters, a url, or numbers and hosts );
$smtp = ....
$something = ....

But otherwise, it's not THAT ugly in truth. YOu formated your code, it's easy to read. The factory thing is all i can really suggest.

In reply to Re: My Code Is Functional...But Not Tidy :( by Anonymous Monk
in thread My Code Is Functional...But Not Tidy :( by Anonymous Monk

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