Re: [OT] scoping

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Subject	Re: [OT] scoping
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From	Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk>
Organization	morrow.me.uk
Date	2013-07-14 13:13 +0100
Message-ID	<i7haba-e8u.ln1@anubis.morrow.me.uk> (permalink)

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Quoth "Dr.Ruud" <rvtol+usenet@xs4all.nl>:
> On 14/07/2013 04:24, Ben Morrow wrote:
> 
> > However, it's very rare to see anyone use do {} for
> > scoping
> 
> Often used in "libary" code here, like:
> 
> my $sql_stmt = do {

I was unclear. What I meant was, if you just want a simple variable-
scope-limiting block, the cheapest way to do that is with a do block (in
void context).

Using do to turn a block into an expression is what it was meant for, of
course.

>      local $" = q{,};
> 
>      qq{
>          SELECT
>              $columns_csv
>          FROM
>              $table
>          WHERE
>              id IN (@ids)  -- hundreds easily

Please, someone tell your cow-orkers about placeholders...

>            AND
>              $and_where
>      };
> };
> 
> 
> We also have quite some occurences of
>    eval { ... } or do { my ...; ... };

Well, the difference between

    if (...) {...}

and

    ... and do {...};

is minimal. They compile to the same optree, the only difference is that
the condition of the if is inside the scope of the block.

> The worst are the do-blocks of many hundreds of lines.
> They tend to keep growing, and prove hard to get rid of.

Um, just turn 'em into subs. (Of course, a sub of hundreds of lines
isn't much better, but then you can start breaking it up into sensible
pieces.)

Ben

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  Re: this should work Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-07-10 15:49 -0700
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      Re: this should work tmcd@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) - 2013-07-11 08:02 +0000
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              Re: this should work Charles DeRykus <derykus@gmail.com> - 2013-07-11 12:03 -0700
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                Re: this should work Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2013-07-11 23:06 +0100
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                Re: this should work Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2013-07-15 13:41 +0100
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                Re: this should work Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2013-07-15 15:05 +0100
                Re: this should work Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-15 21:02 +0100
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              Re: this should work Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-11 21:58 +0100
                Re: this should work Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2013-07-11 23:17 +0100
                [OT] scoping Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-07-12 07:50 +0000
                Re: [OT] scoping aka 'new holes in old shoes' Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2013-07-12 11:53 +0100
                [OT] engineering Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-07-15 11:37 +0000
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                Re: [OT] engineering Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-07-17 09:27 +0000
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                Re: [OT] engineering Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-07-22 10:36 +0000
                Re: [OT] engineering Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2013-07-23 06:43 -0400
                Re: [OT] engineering Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> - 2013-07-22 10:38 +0000
                Re: [OT] engineering Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-07-26 10:09 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet3@hjp.at> - 2013-07-12 14:58 +0200
                Re: [OT] scoping Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2013-07-12 15:50 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz <spamtrap@library.lspace.org.invalid> - 2013-07-12 13:34 -0400
                Re: [OT] scoping Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-12 22:04 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2013-07-13 13:13 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping John Black <jblack@nospam.com> - 2013-07-13 20:01 -0500
                Re: [OT] scoping Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-14 03:24 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping "Dr.Ruud" <rvtol+usenet@xs4all.nl> - 2013-07-14 10:49 +0200
                Re: [OT] scoping Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-14 13:13 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping "Dr.Ruud" <rvtol+usenet@xs4all.nl> - 2013-07-14 17:02 +0200
                Re: [OT] scoping Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-14 22:21 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping "Dr.Ruud" <rvtol+usenet@xs4all.nl> - 2013-07-15 02:21 +0200
                Re: [OT] scoping Xho Jingleheimerschmidt <xhoster@gmail.com> - 2013-07-14 17:04 -0700
                Re: [OT] scoping Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-15 14:12 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping tmcd@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) - 2013-07-14 15:11 +0000
                Re: [OT] scoping "Dr.Ruud" <rvtol+usenet@xs4all.nl> - 2013-07-14 17:34 +0200
                Re: [OT] scoping Xho Jingleheimerschmidt <xhoster@gmail.com> - 2013-07-14 15:34 -0700
                Re: [OT] scoping Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-15 14:27 +0100
                Re: [OT] scoping John Black <jblack@nospam.com> - 2013-07-14 23:48 -0500
                Re: [OT] scoping Martijn Lievaart <m@rtij.nl.invlalid> - 2013-07-13 12:14 +0200
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        Re: this should work Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk> - 2013-07-11 22:04 +0100
          Re: this should work David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2013-07-12 09:34 -0700
            Re: this should work Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2013-07-12 18:16 +0100
        Re: this should work "Dr.Ruud" <rvtol+usenet@xs4all.nl> - 2013-07-12 15:44 +0200
          Re: this should work David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2013-07-12 15:53 -0700
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