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Devel-ArgNames (0.03)

I was unaware of this module until I saw the previous review. This module is incredibly useful when you need to debug a long list of arguments. For example:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Devel::ArgNames;

my ($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst) = localtime();

print_args($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst);

sub print_args {
my @args = arg_names();
my @values = @_;

for my $i (0 .. @args - 1) {
printf "%-10s = %s\n", $args[$i], $values[$i];
}
}

__END__

Prints:

$sec = 25
$min = 43
$hour = 22
$mday = 7
$mon = 4
$year = 108
$wday = 4
$yday = 128
$isdst = 1

John McNamara - 2008-05-08 06:06:33
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Nothing-Tiny (1)

Jonathan T. Rockway wrote: "my coworkers and I all had a good laugh afterwards".

Well done then.

John McNamara - 2008-02-11 00:54:57
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o2sms (3.24)

Excellent.

Does exactly what I need.

Now I actually use some of my free monthly web-texts.

John McNamara - 2007-04-16 11:59:38
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CPAN (1.83)

Almost perfect for installing CPAN modules.

The existence of other tools for installing and maintaining modules suggests that not everyone would agree but this has always worked for me.

John McNamara - 2006-01-18 02:21:41
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Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (0.2603)

A very useful module and the representation of a large amount of work by the author.

In relation to some of the other reviews, there are ways to increase the efficiency of the module. See:

http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=379743

John McNamara - 2004-08-20 16:48:06
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Win32-GuiTest (1.50.2-ad)

This is an extremely useful module for automating tasks on Windows. Especially for programs that don't support OLE/COM.

John McNamara - 2004-08-20 16:43:12
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OLE-Storage_Lite (0.13)

My name is on this module but I am a maintainer and not the author.

That credit goes to Takanori Kawai.

OLE::Storage_Lite is an extremely useful module although it is rarely used directly by anyone. However, it forms a core part of Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel which I believe are used by quite a few people. :-)

It also represents a significant recreation of a difficult file format with virtually no background information.

There are probably only a handful of people who can really appreciate the work involved in this module and its ultimate utility. But I am one of those people. So thanks Takanori Kawai.

John McNamara - 2004-08-20 16:36:04
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PodParser (1.28)

I would give this package maximum results just for Pod::Usage but it also has Pod::Select and Pod::Checker.

For parsing I prefer Pod::Simple to Pod::Parser but for personal more than technical reasons.

John McNamara - 2004-08-20 16:34:10
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Perl-Tidy (20031021)

Perltidy is an excellent utility for indenting and reformatting Perl source code. It can also convert code to html with syntax highlighting.

See: http://perltidy.sourceforge.net/

Perltidy is well conceived and well implemented and this module provides a useful interface to it.

John McNamara - 2003-10-23 01:29:25
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Parse-RecDescent-FAQ (3.3)

This is a very useful resource.

However, it would be nice if the Changes file was updated so that it was clear what new information was being added with each release.

John McNamara - 2003-10-08 02:31:17
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Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-FromXML (1.00)

This is a very clever idea.

The module uses a DTD to define a simple XML format that can be converted to an Excel file using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel as a backend.

This is a potentially powerful approach since it effectively decouples your data from Perl, apart from a single filter program, and allows you to create Excel files using your preferred XML tools.

Requires Spreadsheet::WriteExcel version 0.42.

John McNamara - 2003-08-27 02:54:15
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CGI-Kwiki (0.18)

I recently installed Kwiki, C2Wiki and Usemod. CGI::Kwiki was by far the easiest to install. It also looks great.

I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to set up a hassle free wiki.

Since it doesn't use a database it may not scale well for large on-line wikis. There are also some markup elements missing that other wiki's support such as term lists and definition lists. However, these issues are probably minor for most people.

John McNamara - 2003-08-12 03:22:11
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DBI (1.37)

A great module.

John McNamara - 2003-08-12 02:25:25
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