On 3/12/2012 9:55 AM, David Mertens wrote:
>
> Second, there's no reason you couldn't have a Module.pm file that is
> edited by any sort of script at build time, and in which you have
> special placeholders. This might lead to a codebase that is more
> legible than the standard heredoc-based .pm.PL files.
>
> ------------%<------------Module.pm------------%<------------
>
> =head1 NAME
>
> Module.pm - my fancy module!
>
> =cut
>
> sub boring_function {
> # blah
> }
>
> ## BEGIN_DYNAMIC_CONTENT_FANCY_FUNCTION
>
> # Stuff in here gets replaced with code generated during the build phase
> sub fancy_function {
> die "This function is dynamically generated!\n"
> . "You must build this module using the standard Perl
> Makefile.PL process.";
> }
>
> ## END_DYNAMIC_CONTENT_FANCY_FUNCTION
>
> ------------>%------------>%------------
This seems clearest to me, by far.
>
> This is Perl, so there are (too?) many ways to do it. :-)
>
>
Too many? TOO MANY? That's like saying there are too many ways to
apprehend the divine.
