ch06.060_best

Perl Best Practices the source code

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##   Code fragment (Recommended) from Chapter 6 of "Perl Best Practices"    ##
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# Standard modules...
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Prompt;
use Carp;
use English qw( -no_match_vars );
use Data::Alias;
use Readonly;

my @candidates = qw(
    Nixon
    Washington
    Clinton
    Bush
);

# Identify candidates who are unfit for the cut-and-thrust of politics...
my @disqualified_candidates 
    = grep {cannot_tell_a_lie($_)} @candidates;



use Data::Dumper 'Dumper';
warn Dumper [ @candidates ];
warn Dumper [ @disqualified_candidates ];

sub cannot_tell_a_lie {
    my ($name) = @_;
    return $name eq 'Washington';
}