On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 04:00 , Orlando Andico wrote:
> I detest having
> mysterious functions lurking around in my code (e.g. POSIX::ceil instead
> of just ceil, Date::Parse::str2time instead of just &str2time)
Ok, I'll be silly and ask the Orthodoxy question here....
Why? What has your experience been that takes you this way?
A part of why I ask is that at times I totally agree with you,
since at times I would prefer that I have
use FOO::BAR ;
$fb = new FOO::BAR ;
#
# now all their methods are hidden as $fb->method(argStream);
or
%Big_Hash_of_Stuff = &Foo::BAR::grovel_big_file($file_name);
# if i want to be procedural - but don't want to import it all.
but I got BIT in the sitzenPlatzen when trying to figure out
what the other person was doing with
$var_name = &Out::send_page($page);
till i found that in their FOO::BAR they had stuffed about half
way down the module
package Out;
and had all of their 'outting stuff'.
Likewise there is something totally kosher about
use FOO::BAR qw/foo_funk bar_grovellor/;
to assert which subs one's you are taking... or
use FOO::BAR qw/:baz :barbara/;
which collection of subs you are taking....
Which keeps driving back to the 'naming standards'....
ciao
drieux
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