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• Just right (Score:2)

  by Juerd (1796) on 2008.04.07 7:12 (#62038) Homepage

  It may not be pretty, but it does make reading the code much easier.
  
  }) %]"> enables the reader to extract information that the single-delimiter style ))))) cannot provide. I think that ))))) is prettier, but less practical.
  
  } is the end of a hash
  ) is probably the end of a function call
  %] is the end of a TT directive
  " is the end of text; the following > tells us it's an SGML-ish attribute value
  > is the end of an SGML-ish tag

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  • Re: (Score:1)

    by Aristotle (5147)

    I think that ))))) is prettier, but less practical.

    Funny you say that, ‘cause I was just thinking the same about sigils today. Yeah sure, they’re noisy and can gunk up the code – also, they’re extra red tape that needs to be typed over and over. But they make it so much easier to scan the code! Consider something like this:

    10 * $bar * log( $foo + 2 + cos( $baz ) )

    You can immediately tell apart the “slots” where variable values go, the static pieces, and the funct
    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Juerd (1796)

      I had that side-by-side experience when changing the javascript on http://speedtest.aoeu.nl/ [speedtest.aoeu.nl] to a more perl-like style. Another huge advantage of sigils is that you can use variable interpolation - that's the rare occasion where sigils are prettier than the alternative, lots of concatenated string literals.
    • Re: (Score:2)

      by jdavidb (1361)

      I happen to think convenience is pretty.

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