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Re: RFC: Perl<->JSON<->YAML<->Dumper : roundtripping and possibly with unicode

by jwkrahn (Abbot)
on Apr 09, 2020 at 21:25 UTC ( [id://11115296]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to RFC: Perl<->JSON<->YAML<->Dumper : roundtripping and possibly with unicode

$ podchecker 11115280.pl *** WARNING: (section) in 'Data::Roundtrip::perl2yaml()' deprecated at + line 346 in file 11115280.pl *** WARNING: (section) in 'Data::Roundtrip::perl2yaml()' deprecated at + line 347 in file 11115280.pl *** WARNING: (section) in 'Data::Roundtrip::perl2json()' deprecated at + line 357 in file 11115280.pl *** WARNING: (section) in 'Data::Roundtrip::perl2json()' deprecated at + line 358 in file 11115280.pl *** WARNING: empty section in previous paragraph at line 410 in file 1 +1115280.pl 11115280.pl pod syntax OK.
sub _write_to_file { ^^^^^ my $outfile = $_[0]; my $contents = $_[1]; my $FH; if( ! open $FH, '>:encoding(UTF-8)', $outfile ){ ^^ warn "failed to open file '$outfile' for reading, $!"; ^^^^^^^

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Re^2: RFC: Perl<->JSON<->YAML<->Dumper : roundtripping and possibly with unicode
by bliako (Monsignor) on Apr 09, 2020 at 23:06 UTC

    Thanks for this check. I have fixed the last one. And also the last Warning (line 410), it was an empty section. But I don't understand the other warnings. (plus my podchecker for perl v5.28.2 does not show these warnings). this is the context fro one of those:

    =head2 perl2yaml($perlvar, $optional_paramshashref) Given an input C<$perlvar> (which can be a simple scalar or a nested data structure, but not an object), it will return the equivalent YAML string. In C<$optional_paramshashref> one can specify whether to escape unicode with C<'escape-unicode'=E<gt>1>. Prettify is not supported yet. The output can fed to L<Data::Roundtrip::yaml2perl> for getting the Perl variable back.

    also, do you have an opinion about having function names with params? I don't like it when I read a manual and it mentions only sub names. So I made it very explicit what it takes in

      I didn't run a POD checker; however, by visual inspection, I see four instances like

      C<'escape-unicode'=>1>

      Given there are also four, very similar warnings, that you had difficulties identifying, I'd hazard a guess that they're the source.

      I see in your post (to which I'm replying) you've changed one of those to

      C<'escape-unicode'=E<gt>1>

      You may find it easier, and more readable, to use

      C<< 'escape-unicode'=>1 >>

      That's explained in "perlpod: Formatting Codes" (you'll need to scroll down a fair way; it's past all the initial dot points in that section).

      I'd also recommend you add this as you first POD command paragraph:

      =encoding utf8

      That will cover any Greek, or other non-ASCII, examples you may add. See "perlpod: Command Paragraph: =encoding" for details.

      "... do you have an opinion about having function names with params? I don't like it when I read a manual and it mentions only sub names."

      Yes, I agree that the arguments should be documented; in addition, the return value should also be described. I would typically write the example you cite something along these lines:

      =head2 C<perl2yaml> my $yaml = perl2yaml($perlvar, $optional_paramshashref); The C<perl2yaml> function does ... Arguments: =over 4 =item * C<$perlvar> ... C<$perlvar> description ... =item * C<$optional_paramshashref> ... C<$optional_paramshashref> description ... =back Return value: =over 4 =item * C<$yaml> ... C<$yaml> description ... =back

      Although that looks like a lot of typing for every function, I'd generally set up a template for all of the formatting: that only leaves specifics to be entered. And, where you have very similar documentation, a copy, paste, and substitution can do most of the work; for instance, you could make three copies of the above then s/yaml/json/g in one copy and s/yaml/dump/g in another, and most of your work is done (the three xxxx2perl functions could be handled similarly).

      — Ken

        noted, thanks.I will use these guidelines.

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