Re: Yet another set of Perl best practices

in reply to Yet another set of Perl best practices

Make your subs/methods meaningful.

Make your subs/methods names meaningful.

Now if only there was a book of examples of each practice :)

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Re^2: Yet another set of Perl best practices by salva (Canon) on Aug 24, 2012 at 12:45 UTC
No, I really mean the subs/methods, not their names. IMO subs/methods should do something specific, clear and easy to explain (at least, once you have a good vocabulary for the problem space at hand). Though, if you have problems naming your methods, it is probably a good indication that you are not doing that right. Maybe meaningful is not the right word here...	[reply]
Re^3: Yet another set of Perl best practices by Anonymous Monk on Aug 24, 2012 at 13:55 UTC
Maybe meaningful is not the right word here... I think meaningful is definitely the wrong word, hey, everything has meaning :) IMO subs/methods should do something specific, clear and easy to explain Like a purpose? Dang, thats just meaning! This is hard! This is a problem with your list, you know what you mean by it, but didn't write that down :) Hmm, A good subroutine is readable and has a well-defined interface, strong internal cohesion, and loose external coupling --- is the word Modular?	[reply]

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