Re: Question about alternative to File::Find

Have you tried File::Find::Rule? It's basically a well designed OO interface that encapsulates (and extends) the File::Find functionality. I don't know exactly what you're doing, but I should think you would be able to do it more cleanly (from aesthetic and "programmer's sensibilities" standpoints) than with File::Find.

I agree that File::Find's interface is messy. It's a really useful module, but every time I use it I feel like I need to go take a shower afterwards. File::Find::Rule is much less dirty.

Dave

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Re^2: Question about alternative to File::Find by tobyink (Canon) on Sep 29, 2012 at 19:28 UTC
Path::Class::Rule is my favourite module for this sort of thing. It's inspired by File::Find::Rule (but not dependent on it) and it gives you Path::Class::File objects to play with. `perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'`	[reply]
Re^2: Question about alternative to File::Find by Anonymous Monk on Sep 29, 2012 at 18:29 UTC
That would be am example of putting blinders on; or, getting somebody else to do the dirty work. (And I personally do not have a problem with either.)	[reply]
Re^3: Question about alternative to File::Find by davido (Cardinal) on Sep 29, 2012 at 18:37 UTC
That's one of the main points to encapsulation: You don't have to get dirty because all the grease, gunk, nuts, bolts, and rust are under the hood where only the mechanic has to look. As long as it works well (as it does), and the grease doesn't leak out (as it doesn't), I also have no problem with it. Dave	[reply]
Re^3: Question about alternative to File::Find by parv (Parson) on Oct 02, 2012 at 08:54 UTC
"That would be am example of putting blinders on; ..." -- self. Correction: The "am" should have been an "an".	[reply]