On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 12:35, Jatin <daveyja...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> File::Find's interface is through its package variables. > > [Jatin] So my subroutine that i use with the File::Find's find method has > access to the package variables ? Correct me if i am wrong. >> >> It is a very >> bad design and is much regretted, but there is nothing to do about it >> now. >> > > [Jatin] Totally agree , i was not able to co-relate this with the > fundamental idea of passsing references to other subroutines. But its ok. Is > there any plans to remedy this design in the future releases of perl ? snip
Well, Perl 6 doesn't have File::Find, so that is a fix in and of itself. In Perl 5 File::Find will never be "fixed". Too much code realies on the existing interface, but they are alternatives to File::Find on CPAN. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
