in reply to Perl saves the world - Film at 11
With CPAN I inherently trust the quality of modules.That is a dangerous proposition. It may turn around and bite you at any moment.
Although we all have to trust to some degree all the software (and hardware) we use, just blindly adding any odd module to a mission critical application is not advised!
If the application is important enough, I would check the list of bugs (open and closed), CPAN::Forum, AnnoCPAN, CPAN ratings, ... and ask around in the Monastery if anyone has experience with this (new) module.
CountZero
A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James
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