in reply to Modify DirCompare.pm

  1. Copy DirCompare.pm to a directory of your own.
  2. Modify DirCompare.pm to do what you want. Maybe inherit, maybe modify.
  3. Use your own copy, probably best to call it something else.
It's open source for a reason.
My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

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Re^2: Modify DirCompare.pm
by Anonymous Monk on May 23, 2008 at 13:52 UTC
    "1. copy DirCompare.pm to a directory of your own" I knew I forgot something, thanks
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      If DirCompare doesn't do what you want, the code needs to be changed. Either you can do it or the author can do it. You doing it is quicker. If you don't like that, pay the author to put your requirements in. I've been paid to make changes in my modules on someone else's schedule, as have others.
      My criteria for good software:
      1. Does it work?
      2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?
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