At 08:54 PM 2/27/04 -0800, R. Joseph Newton wrote: >I think it might also be good to refer the OP back to James' post, which he seems >to have overlooked. The caveat you provided earlier still makes sense.
Thanks for the ideas. Are you referring to James' suggestion about always using parens on calls to subroutines which are not built-ins? >I would also question whether the toolbox approach is a good investment of effort >in the long run. Particularly if this package is meant as a core constants for a >project, I would want to direct the OP towards the very direct >use constant UPPER_CASE_IDENTIFIER => 'Hard-coded value'; True, and I will be using this approach. You all have really set me on the right path for doing this. >Since he seems to be just starting in, let's get him started in on DWIM coding >approaches. What would that be in this case? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>