[Koha-devel] add the Smart::Comments perl module to Koha, a good idea?

[Chris Nighswonger]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Jan 20, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Chris Nighswonger wrote:
> > That's pretty slick. I'd have no objection to adding it in. I don't
> think we should slash Data::Dumper simply because there are many places it
> is currently used. We could work toward eliminating it, though.
>
> Data::Dumper isn't just a debug tool, though -- more broadly, it's a way
> of serializing Perl data structures.  Not the only way, of course -- we've
> already got YAML and JSON modules as dependencies that can serve the same
> purpose, but since Data::Dumper is also a core module, I don't think making
> a point of eliminating its use would gain us much.  Of course, it doesn't
> hurt to continually evaluate usage of Koha's many Perl modules.
>
>
And there is a nagging half-memory which tells me we use it for things
other than debugging already...

Kind Regards,
Chris
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