On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 12:07:30AM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote: > after being tired of telling Perl newcomers about the same problems with > their > code times and times again, I've decided to create this page detailing "Perl > Elements to avoid": > > http://perl-begin.org/tutorials/bad-elements/ > > I've already mentioned it several times here in replies, but thought I'll > create a top-level thread for discussion. > > Here's my to-do list for that page. More ideas are welcome:
Hello Shlomi, Although it should probably go without saying, please be sure to mention somewhere near the top that this is your opinion. Whilst many people will agree with much of what you have written, or will write, I suspect that hardly anyone, and perhaps only you yourself, will agree with everything. Indeed, in some instances it is likely that some people will consider that you are giving bad advice. It might also be useful to note that you are providing guidelines for beginners, and that people should feel free to go against this advice when they understand why they are doing so. Making such implicit caveats explicit could help to soften the tone and avoid confusion. I've CCed this to the list because it probably also applies to the majority of the cases where somone sends a "black and white" reply to the list which isn't solving a specific problem ("Don't do that, do this", or "always ..."). Perl is used for many different tasks, and often different problems will suggest correspondingly different solutions. Or perhaps someone just has a different style. Pointing out and correcting mistakes is, of course, always welcome on the list, but it does seem that more and more frequently we are straying into the area of style, and here, greater care is required. Thanks, -- Paul Johnson - p...@pjcj.net http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/