Re: Handlers first?
Re: Handlers first?
- Subject: Re: Handlers first?
- From: David Ferrington <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:27:23 +0100
Or possibly those from a Unix background in shell, where you must declare your functions first!
In Perl, I do pretty much as Stan does, so will do so in A/S
- David (lurking and learning)
--
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be
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On 22 Oct 2011, at 01:11, Stan Cleveland wrote:
> On Oct 21, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Shane Stanley wrote:
>
>> Habits from elsewhere, plus personal preference -- they'd be my guess.
>
> Yep, I agree with Shane. Preference.
>
> But personally, I put handlers at the end. I use this order, from top to bottom:
>
> 1. General script information (script name, dependencies, revision history, notes)
> 2. Library loading (if used)
> 3. Property definitions (static flags and parameters)
> 4. Run handler (whether explicit or implicit)
> 5. Idle handler (if used)
> 6. Handlers (in alphabetical order)
>
> Whether writing or debugging a script, that order makes navigating to the various parts more predictable and, thus, easier and quicker (IMHO). So does alphabetizing the handlers. And I always use easy-to-spot comments and white space to mark the various sections, like this:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------------ HANDLERS FOLLOW ------------------------
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> But don't worry about what other people think or do. What makes sense to you?
>
> Stan C.
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