Actually have read the draft. A few examples:

  1. Whatever happened to (from "Programming Perl" third edition: section 2.5):
    One of the design principles of Perl is that different things should look different. Contrast this with languages that try to force different things to look the same, to the detriment of readability.

    How does that sit with your take on lexical file handles?

  2. "You can disambiguate this with the postfix package separator (::), but that's rare and admittedly ugly:"

    What is "ugly" about two colons?

    That is nothing but capricious subjectivity. It has no place in a teaching document.

  3. Indirect objects.

    Re-read your stance on indirect object notation. Consider the reason sited for not using it ("rare").

    Consider also the suggestion: "Alternately, consider loading the core IO::Handle module which allows you to perform IO operations by calling methods on filehandle objects".

    And we're back to making everything look the same. Pure dogma!

I could go on (and on), but there would be little point. You've lost sight of what makes Perl so productive. Of what makes Perl, Perl.

(BTW: Why is it that your denials of previous accepted wisdom is legitimate; but my expression, of my reservations of your opinions: "libellous"?)


In reply to Re^9: Moose and caller() for current method by BrowserUk
in thread Moose and caller() for current method by ait

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