Re^2: AUTOLOAD for variables?

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I like the trick but, unfortunately, the evil of my users far surpasses it. Its not uncommon to see code such as:

  my $value= ${ uc join "_", @$reg_spec{ qw( device reg field ) } };
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You really don't want to see some of the more nasty code. Honest. Especially not the 70000 line regex (its one saving grace is the /x modifier). And perhaps not the script that parses another script's --verbose output. Or perhaps ...

--Dave
Opinions my own; statements of fact may be in error.

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Re^3: AUTOLOAD for variables? by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jul 08, 2004 at 13:22 UTC
Create an API. Create a set of expected standards. Give your users 3-6 months to comply with those standards, then issue the smack-down. Period. You can't do everything for everyone. ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. Then there are Damian modules.... sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon.* - flyingmoose I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested	[reply]

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Re^3: AUTOLOAD for variables?
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jul 08, 2004 at 13:22 UTC

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We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.

Then there are Damian modules.... *sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon. - flyingmoose

I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested

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