Re: CPAN Module Evaluation Red-Flags

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I have a red flag that no one has mentioned yet:

No example code in the POD

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Re: Re: CPAN Module Evaluation Red-Flags by chaoticset (Chaplain) on Jul 29, 2003 at 14:37 UTC
Agreed, wholeheartedly -- nothing makes me more suspicious about a module than when the author themselves cannot come up with a simple example of use. On the other hand, examples are also a useful 'depth indicator', if you take my meaning. (Which is to say, if there's a "simple example" and I don't even understand how it's being used, it's either not simple or so far beyond me that I can't comprehend -- either way, not my module du jour.) ----------------------- You are what you think.	[reply]

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Re: Re: CPAN Module Evaluation Red-Flags
by chaoticset (Chaplain) on Jul 29, 2003 at 14:37 UTC

On the other hand, examples are also a useful 'depth indicator', if you take my meaning. (Which is to say, if there's a "simple example" and I don't even understand how it's being used, it's either not simple or so far beyond me that I can't comprehend -- either way, not my module du jour.)

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