Constants: What They Provide and How to Mock Them

Perl 5 Constants

Evan begins the evening explaining how Perl handles constants.

• Clarity
• Performance and Optimazations
• Constant not modified by other modules or code
• Dead code elimnation if the condition is a constant
• Constant folding
• Mocking a constant
  • Change a testing environment

The presentation in available.

Using Regular Expressions

Next, Wade talks about using regular expressions.

He begins with a quick overview of what regular expressions are and some of the terms and operations that are supported. Most of the talk is focused on 3 different uses for regular expressions and tips and tricks related to each.

The presentation in available.

We had 13 people attending this month. As always, we'd like to thank cPanel, L.L.C for providing the meeting space and food for the group.