Robert Cummings wrote:
<?php echo "On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 17:23 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:\n" ?> <?php echo "> Some changes take effect with the PostTrack metrics\n" ?> <?php echo "> system with this week (will show up in next week's\n" ?> <?php echo "> report). There's one bug fix and a new feature added, \n" ?> <?php echo "> in which some of you may be really interested.\n" ?> <?php echo ">\n" ?> <?php echo "> CHANGELOG\n" ?> <?php echo "\n" ?> <?php echo "> Fixed a bug that would (seemingly random)\n" ?> <?php echo "> split a user's post recording over multiple entries.\n" ?> <?php echo "> (See this week's report: Zoltan Nemeth for example)\n" ?> <?php echo "> Added a new CodeCount feature. Explained\n" ?> <?php echo "> below.\n" ?> <?php echo ">\n" ?> <?php echo "> The CodeCount feature will, from now on, track\n" ?> <?php echo "> the amount of [pseudo]code everyone posts to the\n" ?> <?php echo "> list. However, for a variety of reasons (including\n" ?> <?php echo "> enforcing Good Coding Practices[tm], there will be\n" ?> <?php echo "> some rules:\n" ?> <?php echo ">\n" ?> <?php echo "> * short_open_tags code will not be counted.\n" ?> <?php echo "> It must begin with <?php, not <?, and\n" ?> <?php echo "> <?=\$variable;?> things won't count.\n" ?> <?php echo "> * All code must be properly closed as well as \n" ?> <?php echo "> opened. Thus, <?php must be followed by ?>.\n" ?> <?php echo "> * You can include multiple blocks of code,\n" ?> <?php echo "> and all will be tallied. So:\n" ?> <?php echo "> <?php\n" ?> <?php echo "> // Block one\n" ?> <?php echo "> ?>\n" ?> <?php echo "> .... and ....\n" ?> <?php echo "> <?php\n" ?> <?php echo "> // Block two\n" ?> <?php echo "> ?>\n" ?> <?php echo "> .... will both be counted.\n" ?> <?php echo ">\n" ?> <?php echo "> Some notes that should be obvious:\n" ?> <?php echo "> * HTML won't be counted unless included in an \n" ?> <?php echo "> echo/print construct or a HEREDOC/NOWDOC\n" ?> <?php echo "> (when used). Only the code between the\n" ?> <?php echo "> <?php and ?> tags will be counted.\n" ?> <?php echo "> * The CodeCount procedure *does* count\n" ?> <?php echo "> comments as code. This can be changed if\n" ?> <?php echo "> there's enough desire.\n" ?> <?php echo "> * CodeCount *will not* differentiate between\n" ?> <?php echo "> \"Good\" and \"Bad\" code. If you forget a\n" ?> <?php echo "> semicolon, it'll still count.\n" ?> <?php echo ">\n" ?> <?php echo "> --\n" ?> <?php echo "> </Daniel P. Brown>\n" ?> <?php echo "> Ask me about:\n" ?> <?php echo "> Dedicated servers starting @ \$59.99/mo., VPS\n" ?> <?php echo "> starting @ \$19.99/mo., and shared hosting starting @ \n" ?> <?php echo "> \$2.50/mo. Unmanaged, managed, and fully-managed!\n" ?> I don't know about anyone else, but I am absolutely stoked about this development! Cheers, Rob.
wait you forgot the semi-colon... ah, that's right, he said grammar mistakes were not counted...
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