Re: how to split large pl file

But none seemed right, as the code I want to separate is NOT generic (ie uses globals in main, etc.)

You really need to fix that, or any "organization" is just a waste of time.

Try figuring out how you can divide up the work your program does in logical parts and then separate them out as modules.

  perldoc perlmod
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Re: Re: how to split large pl file by smackdab (Pilgrim) on Nov 21, 2001 at 08:32 UTC
Thanks Bjoern, but, I was kinda exagerating ;) I want to put all menu callbacks in a file and all button callbacks in another file...	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: how to split large pl file by wog (Curate) on Nov 21, 2001 at 08:41 UTC
Something that's a menu callback can easily be made to be (possibly also) a button callback and vice-versa. (Not to mention pull-down menus.) This, IMO, means that these things are not inheritently different such that they should be seperated.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: how to split large pl file by smackdab (Pilgrim) on Nov 21, 2001 at 08:46 UTC
I don't disagre, but I just want to keep the size my source file small. GUI programs are very verbose compared to a neat little command-line jobber... Seems like there is no way other than a module with its own namespace... Seems to me, this would be a nice addition to Perl 6, but then I am still new to Perl ;)	[reply]