I'd be humiliated if I had to admit that I wrote it.

Undoubtedly we've all written code that a few years later we look back on and regret decisions made. It's important to remember that the code is what's evaluated and not the person.

It sounds like you have two issues to deal with (if I can guess at what's behind your questions). The first is how to improve the code. The second is how to implement a test suite or test process. Those are both broad topics and Super Search on 'Refactoring' and 'Test Suite' should give you good reading.

Testing can be done easier by simply running a separately named script. The script and supporting files are hardcoded to run out of a specific directory, so I cannot create a new one with updated module files.

perl's -I switch exists to get around this problem. Use it to specify which directory to use modules from for testing.

--Solo
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You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake; well, this could be it, sweetheart.

In reply to Re^3: Global variable declarations with packages by Solo
in thread Global variable declarations with packages by spoulson

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