[Pdx-pm] Acme::Code::Police

chromatic chromatic at wgz.org
Wed Nov 20 12:57:50 CST 2002


On Wednesday 20 November 2002 10:58, Curtis Poe wrote:

> Essentially, this module will delete your program if you didn't use strict
> (though some systems will not allow this behavior).

> However, the ethics of this bugs me.  Does anyone think that I went
> overboard?

Make a backup.
Warn unless a --force switch is present.

Doing harmful things by default, even if warnings are present, seems to be a 
bad idea.

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