I, too, have that strange aversion. But, I've always been tempted by Switch. Anybody have any real world experience with it? How does it perform? Is there a significant difference between using it and rolling your own switch statement?
-Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Wistow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "london.pm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:08 PM Subject: language extensions > Damian's written Switch, Marcel's written a thousand and one > Attribute::Handler modules, there's Source Filters and a shed load of > other Language Extensions that essentially change the syntax of the > language [0] ... > > > ... so. Who uses them? > > > If you're anything like me then you have some unexplained aversion to > using them. No, I don't know why either. Why is that? > > Has *anybody* written a Source Filter that does anything useful > (Acme::Buffy doesn't count). > > Simon > > [0] yes, techincally exporting methods into main::, like LWP::Simple's > get, is changing the syntax but you know what I mean. > > > > > -- > : it's pretty hard to look miserable when you're spinning on your head > >
