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> > What if there is HUNDREDS of items, then > > it'd be really slow. For a better approach > > using hashes then see what I did in: > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/perl-beginner/message/9583 > > The question that now comes to mind is why > not put all of the 'response functions' > into a Perl Module - so that one can > maintain it independent of the 'usage' in > the script? The concept of the hash based lookup, and the way non-OO and OO code work is related. The hash based approach is useful in a subset of problems, not all. If the logic can usefully be turned into a module then go for it. Have a read of Chapter 10 of the Camel, and you'll see the relationship between perl's symbol tables and hashes. The closeness of what I'm doing, OO syntax and regular perl is interesting :) > At which point we do get to the > 'OO v. Proceduralist' issues since the > simple 'new' function of > > [snip] > > really is little more than returning a > 'hash' to begin with... As I say, read Chapter 10, then return knowing perl implements both OO or procedural approaches pretty much the same way. Perl 6 should use objects in the core, but allow either programming approach on the surface. Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.comThread Previous | Thread Next