Re: bad code to good golf

A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> * Uri Guttman <[email protected]> [2007-12-09 19:25]:
>> i don't like using shift for args if i can help it.
> 
> Personally I *always* use `shift` for the invocant, but
> assignment from `@_` for all other parameters in all but a few
> rare circumstances. So methods in my code always read something
> like this:
> 
>     sub frobnitz {
>         my $self = shift;
>         my ( $foo, $bar, $baz ) = @_;
>         # ...
>     }
> 
> It’s a nod to the fact that the invocant is not really in the
> same class (no pun intended) as the other parameters. Since
> `$self` is thus removed from `@_`, and is the *only* thing
> removed from it, that also makes it natural to write delegative
> code:
> 
>         # ...
>         $self->get_veeblefitzer()->frobnitz( @_ );
>         # ...

+1


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