From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andy Lester <andy(at)petdance(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Throw some low-level C scutwork at me |
Date: | 2009-05-01 18:01:41 |
Message-ID: | 49800DD5-8F79-4F2E-9335-B01119027D46@kineticode.com |
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On May 1, 2009, at 10:54 AM, David Fetter wrote:
> foreach my $element (@array) {
> # clear, short, idiomatic code here
> }
>
> instead of Rube Goldberg constructs like this:
>
> my $i;
> for ($i=0; $i <= $#array; ++$i)
> {
> # kludges up down and sideways here
> }
>
> is a good idea because it makes it easier for Perl programmers to
> maintain. It's also more efficient on the machine, for what that's
> worth.
We were only talking about indentation, David, not the use of idioms.
Best,
David
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