This idea came about as a result of a chatterbox conversation (one of many, in reality) on commenting code, idioms, semantics, and how we all have different coding habits.

I'd like to propose that we all look at xluke_repwalker.pl, and pick it to pieces.

Ground rules:

• I will not get offended at anything anyone says about this code.

• It's not a golfing contest, at least to the degree of "I can reduce this line by two characters, and still claim that it will run"

• Claiming that whether leading and/or trailing spaces around parantheses or not makes it more readable doesn't count, nor does whether the opening brace goes on the same line as the if/for/while verb.

• Comments about readability are encouraged. Do variable names make sense? Could we improve the program flow? (Let's skip over the "We could make this a module, and permit other programs to have repwalking capability", however.)

• Certain people saying that've already done that in their WebTechniques column doesn't count <G>

I can't think of any other rules that are really necessary, so let's start with that. Doesn't matter what your skill level is particularly, all are encouraged to comment.

Be sure to reply to this node, and not the xluke_repwalker.pl node, please.

--Chris

e-mail jcwren

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