HOP Woes

Ovid on 2005-05-15T03:49:16

HOP is a wonderful book. However, what's not wonderful about the book is the lack of strict. I just spent 3 hours trying to track down a problem when I remembered that the code didn't use strict. Two seconds later, I found my bug. Grr ...

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The strict Mantra

barbie on 2005-05-15T09:49:13

Mark and I got in to a heated debate about this on his perl-quiz list a few years ago. Mark doesn't like how many of us tell new Perl programmers to 'use strict' almost like a Mantra and has a lightning talk based on it. We have since agreed to disagree.

While this error you've spotted is possibly a typo, that wasn't in Mark's original code, to me it highlights why use strict and warnings are such useful things to include in your programs.

Re:The strict Mantra

sigzero on 2005-05-15T19:19:51

Not only do I tell newbies to "use strict", I also tell them to "use warnings" as well. I personally believe that if something doesn't pass "use strict" (without good reason), it shouldn't be in release code.

HOP is a good book and has me thinking about Perl in different ways.

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Aristotle on 2005-05-15T14:17:55

Mark is not a fan of strictures for some bewildering reason. None of the program repair shop articles at Perl.com use strict either. I wonder stance his new book will take.