From: Thomas Metge <tom@...>
Date: 2007-08-24T05:28:39+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] flog 1.1.0 Released

Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 05:05:33PM +0900, Ryan Davis wrote:
>   
>> flog version 1.1.0 has been released!
>>
>> * <http://ruby.sadi.st/>
>> * <http://rubyforge.org/projects/seattlerb>
>>
>> Flog reports the most tortured code in an easy to read pain
>> report. The higher the score, the more pain the code is in.
>>
>>     % ./bin/flog bin/flog
>>     Total score = 128.7
>>     
>
> So . . . is that a good result, or a bad result?  How do you define
> "pain" in this context?  Judging by the website, it looks like uses of
> eval qualify as "pain" -- which seems like an odd metric.
>
>
>   
>>     Flog#report: (21)
>>          4: puts
>>          2: sort_by
>>     ...
>>     
>
> So . . . is "puts" a "painful" method, then?
>
>   

good point... flog looks like a great tool, but what is a "good" score 
and a "bad" score?

tom