[boulder.pm] CGI.pm basics

[Walter Pienciak]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Wayde Allen wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Walter Pienciak wrote:
> 
> > my $q = CGI->new();
> > print $q->header();
> 
> So, is there a particularly compelling reason to use the object oriented
> approach over the function call?  Something like:
> 
> new CGI;
> print h1("My Header Text");
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)

I can't think of *any* compelling reason to use the object-oriented
approach (this is a cue for the C++ trained academics to rise up
en mass and beat us to pulps).

I think that I use this approach because (1) it's what I learned first, and
(2) I tend to use cut-and-paste methods to reuse boilerplate stuff.

Your code is a good example of a different style between two people
using the same module.  Me, I have a *strong* preference to see the actual
HTML -- just as strong a preference as people who *hate* looking at it. The
output is the same; the code is different.

I had a conversation with a co-worker just today about coding style.
He's very comfortable in C, and even after working for two years in Perl
he insists on writing Perl code that looks like

if ($baz eq "boz")
{
    print "foo";
}
else
{
    print "bar";
}

and finds it easier to understand than a more Perlish idiom.


Walter