"Michael C. Davis" wrote: > 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?
Sounds like the one you have chosen to adopt: DWIM => Do What I Mean or SWIM => Say What I Mean Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
