>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick M Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Patrick> Meanwhile, I refuse to join Schwartz's bout of badge-flashing Patrick> proscriptivism -- though I suppose if anyone's authoritative, he Patrick> certainly is (and when he cares to actually make arguments, they're Patrick> inevitably strong ones). There are times when I wish I had more time. I'm generally unopinionated, except for those times where I have scars to show from my 35 years of writing code. The trouble is that it takes time to write about those scars. :) So, sometimes, the best I can do is say "pull your arm away from that hot stove, please", and hope that someone else can explain the temperature at which flesh burns, etc. I hope *nobody* takes me as "gospel" simply because I've written more about Perl than any other single human being. :) I'm just prolific, that's all. Patrick> It's easy on your eyes, and no symrefs are needed. A wonderful Patrick> advantage is: with symrefs, you'd have to separately store a list of Patrick> the params to know which variables to access. With a hash, it's just Patrick> "keys %param". Instant happiness. And that's the key. Think of symrefs as "using the symbol table as a hash". The problem is that you have *other* things in that hash. It gets messy, both from a maintenance perspective, and from a security perspective. If you want a hash of data, use a hash. Don't cheat by trying to use the symbol table as a hash. You'll come to regret it later. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[email protected]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users
