PPI::Normal has the intention, in the long run, of normalizing Perl in such a way that functionally equivalent code will present the same DOM tree.
Okay...maybe I'm missing something, but isn't that nigh impossible? Consider these two very simple functions: 
sub alpha
{
   foreach(1..10) {
      print;
   }
}
sub beta
{
   for(my $i=10; $i>=1; $i--) {
      print 11 - $i;
   }
}

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Both do the exact same thing, albeit in different ways. I'd be interested to see some sort of automated solution that reduces both to the same thing at any level.

thor

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In reply to Re^3: Test::Code by thor
in thread Test::Code by Ovid

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