Re: How's My Style Now?

You don't need to prefix subroutine calls with &. Thats a throwback from perl 4 like 10 years ago? I dunno for sure, sometimes I see it. Its ugly and extra work anyways!.

Nested dereferencing "arrows" (->) can be ommitted. I'm not sure how best to describe it, but here is the before:

my $category = lc($musing_cats->{$ref_id}->{'ref_name'});

After:

my $category = lc $musing_cats->{$ref_id}{'ref_name'};

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Re^2: How's My Style Now? by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Feb 06, 2010 at 22:23 UTC
Thats a throwback from perl 4 like 10 years ago And then some! From perlhist: Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17	[reply]
Re^2: How's My Style Now? by Spenser (Friar) on Feb 08, 2010 at 15:05 UTC
Yes, cjcollier has told me about this habit I have of prefixing sub-routine calls with an ampersand. It may not be deprecated, but it is somewhat self-deprecating on my part to use them. Like the Anonymous poster here, I find it easier visually to locate them. However, it is suggesting that my functions are of a lesser grade and it's unnecessary formatting. Alright, I'll stop using that. -Spenser That's Spenser, with an "s" like the detective.	[reply]
Re^2: How's My Style Now? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 08, 2010 at 14:34 UTC
I like &'s for readability. They aren't deprecated, and easy to jump to when using vi.	[reply]
Re^3: How's My Style Now? by afoken (Chancellor) on Feb 10, 2010 at 05:31 UTC
... and they have unwanted side effects, like overriding prototypes. Bad idea. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]