Re^2: saving search results to file

Not really, this is just sample code - the actual code would be pretty ugly having to do that each time.

print $tee "whatever";
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seems much simpler and doesnt add a lot of overhead to my code.

Ted
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Re^3: saving search results to file by Anonymous Monk on May 03, 2005 at 22:06 UTC
Not really, this is just sample code - the actual code would be pretty ugly having to do that each time. You're including hundreds lines of code to save typing a 3 line subroutine? That sounds like overkill to me. Put it this way: if IO::Tee breaks on you (as CPAN modules, nice as they are, occasionally do), would you rather track down the bugs in the big scary module, or the little 3 line subroutine? Me, I'll maintain the simplest thing that works, thanks! Cleverness for it's own sake is for people who like fixing bugs. ;-) As for "uglyness", is this: `output $file,"whatever";` [download] really uglier than this? To each their own, but I don't see a substantial difference... `print $tee,"whatever";` [download] It's your program, but me, I'd go for simple over "pretty", myself. Especially if I had to maintain it later. -- AC	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: saving search results to file
by Anonymous Monk on May 03, 2005 at 22:06 UTC

Not really, this is just sample code - the actual code would be pretty ugly having to do that each time.

You're including hundreds lines of code to save typing a 3 line subroutine? That sounds like overkill to me. Put it this way: if IO::Tee breaks on you (as CPAN modules, nice as they are, occasionally do), would you rather track down the bugs in the big scary module, or the little 3 line subroutine? Me, I'll maintain the simplest thing that works, thanks! Cleverness for it's own sake is for people who like fixing bugs. ;-)

As for "uglyness", is this:

output $file,"whatever";
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print $tee,"whatever";
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It's your program, but me, I'd go for simple over "pretty", myself. Especially if I had to maintain it later.
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