Re: Re: Re: Some suggestions on coding style - a chance to critique

[lestrrat]

True. For a standalone script, it's always nice to see some globally used parameters at the top for easy customization/configuration.

I do the follwing in such cases...

If the variables are "configuration" type of variables, I would use constants, not plain scalars. I feel much better in knowing that most ( if not all ) of the globally accessible variables would be visually different from other local variables:

   #!perl

   use constant LOG_DIRECTORY => '/foo/bar/baz';
   use constant SOME_URL => 'http://baboon.com';

   main();

   sub main {
     ....
     some_random_function( LOG_DIRECTORY, $local_variable );
   }