Re^4: A Perl vs. Java fight brews

I'd still like a good refactoring tool for Perl though.

Have you checked Perl::Critic?
It can't automatically restructure your code (BTW I don't trust such tools), but for such actions a simple text editor is often sufficient.

Ciao, Emanuele.

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Re^5: A Perl vs. Java fight brews by adrianh (Chancellor) on Jul 27, 2006 at 08:32 UTC
Have you checked Perl::Critic? Yes. It's lovely - but nothing like a refactoring tool. It can't automatically restructure your code (BTW I don't trust such tools), but for such actions a simple text editor is often sufficient. I have to disagree. See Re^3: Features missing in perl IDEs?.	[reply]
Re^6: A Perl vs. Java fight brews by emazep (Priest) on Jul 27, 2006 at 11:46 UTC
Yes. It's lovely - but nothing like a refactoring tool. While `Perl::Critic` is certainly far from being a complete refactoring tool, it nevertheless offers those analyze/audit functions which are usually the core of a refactoring application. I see that you are more interested in the code restructuring functions though, and I certainly agree that `Perl::Critic` is not the answer here (though for this there is `Devel::Refactor`, as also pointed out by you here, though I admit it's still very limited.) Ciao, Emanuele.	[reply]