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Re^6: top ten things every Perl hacker should know

by qq (Hermit)
on Mar 18, 2006 at 20:21 UTC ( [id://537690]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^5: top ten things every Perl hacker should know
in thread top ten things every Perl hacker should know

We sort of have a sort_by method in Sort::Maker. But I've never liked the api. There is no denying that an ST is a scary sight to a new programmer not familiar with the idiom. I'd argue it should be wrapped in a sub for clarity most often.

I like the PBP argument for using List::Util and List::MoreUtils functions such as any rather than idiomatic uses of grep. It makes your intention clear, and prevents you from thinking in syntax - no matter how comfortable and familiar that syntax is.

update: added some words for clarity

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Re^7: top ten things every Perl hacker should know
by salva (Canon) on Mar 20, 2006 at 15:55 UTC
    We sort of have a sort_by method in Sort::Maker. But I've never liked the api

    you should try Sort::Key, it has a very simple API and it's faster and uses less memory than any other perl sorting technique: 

    use Sort::Key qw(keysort);
my @sorted = keysort { genkey($_) } @data;

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