in reply to Re^2: Tips for managing Perl projects?
in thread Tips for managing Perl projects?

Then it's clear you've never watched endless discussions of where to put the damn curly braces during peer review. I would repeat the admonition, get perltidy, use it.

--hsm

"Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

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Re^4: Tips for managing Perl projects?
by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Dec 16, 2004 at 19:42 UTC

    I've obviously not been clear. I'm not saying perltidy is a bad idea -- quite the opposite, in fact. However, there are two things I'd like to point out.

    First, any decent manager will quash "style" discussions during review: if they can't be stopped, then a standard code format can be instituted (or threatened). With a small devel team working on in-house operations, I'm loathe to require a coding style -- most projects will be single-developer.

    Second, while perltidy would solve most code style differences, that is such a tiny part of the overall issue. Perltidy address code style only.

    radiantmatrix
    require General::Disclaimer;
    s//2fde04abe76c036c9074586c1/; while(m/(.)/g){print substr(' ,JPacehklnorstu',hex($1),1)}

      Your points are good. I've simplified my life by forclosing the issue---first project meeting, a formatter is mandated by executive fiat (mine) and never there after becomes an issue. You are quite correct in saying this is a tiny part, but then so are most irratants!

      --hsm

      "Never try to teach a pig to sing...it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."