Re: PostTrack Updates

On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 09:23 -0400, Jason Pruim wrote: > On Apr 5, 2008, at 1:48 AM, Robert Cummings wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 22:39 -0700, Jim Lucas wrote: > >> 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... > > > > Perfectly valid to omit the last semi-colon when closing a PHP block. > > <?PHP echo 'So does the new code count all quoted code as well? :)';?> > <?PHP echo 'If so... Then we are going to have a ton of code to start > with!';?> I don't know, but that's a very good question. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP