in reply to Re: Automated Slurp
in thread Automated Slurp

I havnt had a thorough look at Exporter yet, but it does seem like the more elegant solution, thanks!

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Re^3: Automated Slurp
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 03, 2010 at 00:31 UTC
    seem like the more elegant solution

    For what you are doing in your code, it isn't. Why substitute 500 lines of code for 4?

    Errors compound geometrically with the number of lines of code.

    Exporter is fine if you need its facilities. It's overhead, complexity and a drag on maintenance if you do not.


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