Sometimes I rewrite a little snip of confusing code, and I fall in love with my new "more elegant" solution. Then after some sleep, I realize that my new solution is just as ugly as the version I replaced, and less battle-tested.

With respect for your discussion and skills, I must admit that to me, this code doesn't look better than (either of) the perlfaq5 examples. It doesn't look worse, but it is not a pearl of truth in the darkness, either. Your code and that code both take a bit of time to get to understand why each statement is justified, and how it deals with edge cases. I don't see an improvement, I just see a difference.

The first time I became a manager, I had to learn how to accept that other people do things in a way that I would not have done them. If it passes the tests, and it's not a risk to maintenance, then I would just have to let it be. I'd have to accept the solution until there was a real need to change it, and there rarely was. If I didn't learn to accept others' solutions, I'd end up coding it all myself. It's a hard hurdle to cross but it's a worthwhile one.

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In reply to Re^3: Commify numbers, the boring and straightforward way by halley
in thread Commify numbers, the boring and straightforward way by Aristotle

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