Re: Question on download by LWP

John Bokma wrote:
David Squire <David.Squire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John Bokma wrote:

don't use camelcase with Perl
Now, familiar as I am with the doctrinaire nature of this group, this seems to me to go too far. Surely folk can have their own naming conventions and you (we) can be quiet about that.

Yup, as they can decide not to use strict & warnings. Yet this group insists on some form of readability, and *I* include not using camel case with that.

I can't agree with this. Using strict and warnings is language-specific advice that helps folk solve and avoid problems. The readability or not of "camelcase" is person-specific and has nothing to do with Perl.

So, I have no problems with your saying "I don't like camelcase", but "don't use camelcase with Perl" to me over-steps the mark.

I, and no doubt others, participate in multiple Perl projects where we don't always have control over naming conventions (how do you feel about Hungarian?), and editing that down should surely not be a requirement for posting here. Getting a minimal script is a big enough ask for most folk.


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