ch06.054_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 @clients = qw( Ackroyd Belushi );


sub get_next_holding_client {
    # Search for and return any client on hold...
    for my $client (@_) {
        return $client if $client->holding();
    }
 
    # Fail if no clients on hold...
    return;
}
 
# and later...
 
my $client_on_hold = get_next_holding_client(@clients);
 
if ($client_on_hold) {
    $client_on_hold->resume_conversation();
}



package Ackroyd;
sub holding { return 0 }

sub resume_conversation {
    print "Hi, John...\n";
}

package Belushi;

sub holding { return 1 }

sub resume_conversation {
    print "Hi, John...\n";
}