Rewrote EightBall to be nicer.

NEWS

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ In this alpha8 release, we have added:
 * Support for installs to custom locations.
 * Support for system-wide installs. (/usr or /usr/local)
 * The `wizard` utility, for creating local Auto config directories.
+* EightBall rewritten to be much nicer.
 
 Bug fixes:
 

doc/CHANGELOG

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Auto IRC Bot 3.0: Change Log
 
 3.0 Indev
 ===============================================================================
+    * EightBall module rewritten.
     * Fixed a bug in LinkTitle that caused multi-line <title>'s to display
       wrong.
     * Added `wizard`, for creating local Auto config directories.

modules/EightBall.pm

@@ -4,14 +4,27 @@
 package M::EightBall;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use feature qw(switch);
 use API::Std qw(cmd_add cmd_del trans);
 use API::IRC qw(privmsg notice);
 our $ANSWER = 0;
+my @responses = (
+    'Yes!',
+    'No!',
+    'Yes... No... Yes... No... Hmm... No.',
+    'Hmm... it seems likely.',
+    'Very unlikely.',
+    'Heck no!',
+    'Definite yes!',
+    'Magic unavailable. Try again later.',
+    'Possibly, I wouldn\'t count on it though.',
+    'Outcome looks bad.',
+    'Outcome looks good.',
+    'Can\'t tell now. Maybe another time.',
+    'Sorry, but no.',
+);
 
 # Initialization subroutine.
-sub _init 
+sub _init {
-{
     # Create the 8BALL and RIGBALL commands.
     cmd_add('8BALL', 0, 0, \%M::EightBall::HELP_8BALL, \&M::EightBall::c_8ball) or return 0;
     cmd_add('RIGBALL', 1, 'cmd.rigball', \%M::EightBall::HELP_RIGBALL, \&M::EightBall::rigball) or return 0;
@@ -21,8 +34,7 @@ sub _init
 }
 
 # Void subroutine.
-sub _void 
+sub _void {
-{
     # Delete the 8BALL and RIGBALL commands.
     cmd_del('8BALL') or return 0;
     cmd_del('RIGBALL') or return 0;
@@ -40,66 +52,53 @@ our %HELP_RIGBALL = (
 );
 
 # Callback for 8BALL command.
-sub c_8ball
+sub c_8ball {
-{
     my ($src, @argv) = @_;
 
     if (!defined $argv[0]) {
-        notice($src->{svr}, $src->{nick}, trans("Not enough parameters").".");
+        notice($src->{svr}, $src->{nick}, trans('Not enough parameters').q{.});
         return;
     }
 
-    privmsg($src->{svr}, $src->{chan}, "\002Question:\002 ".join(" ", @argv));
+    # Return the question.
-    
+    privmsg($src->{svr}, $src->{chan}, "\2Question:\2 ".join q{ }, @argv);
-    my $a = '';
+
+    # Set answer.
+    my $answer;
     if (!$ANSWER) {
-        my $rn = int(rand(12));
+        $answer = $responses[int rand scalar @responses];
-        given ($rn) {
-            when (1) { $a = "Yes!"; }
-            when (2) { $a = "No!"; }
-            when (3) { $a = "Yes... No... Yes... No... No."; }
-            when (4) { $a = "Hmm... it seems likely."; }
-            when (5) { $a = "Very unlikely."; }
-            when (6) { $a = "Heck no!"; }
-            when (7) { $a = "Definite yes!"; }
-            when (8) { $a = "Magic unavailable. Try again later."; }
-            when (9) { $a = "Possibly, I wouldn't count on it though."; }
-            when (10) { $a = "Outcome looks bad."; }
-            when (11) { $a = "Outcome looks good."; }
-            when (12) { $a = "Can't tell now. Maybe another time."; }
-            default { $a = "Sorry, but no."; }
-        }
     }
     else {
-        $a = $ANSWER;
+        $answer = $ANSWER;
         $ANSWER = 0;
     }
 
-    privmsg($src->{svr}, $src->{chan}, "\002Answer:\002 ".$a);
+    # Return it.
-    
+    privmsg($src->{svr}, $src->{chan}, "\2Answer:\2 $answer");
+
     return 1;
 }
 
 # Callback for RIGBALL command.
-sub rigball 
+sub rigball {
-{
     my ($src, @argv) = @_;
 
     # Check for necessary parameters.
     if (!defined $argv[0]) {
-        privmsg($src->{svr}, $src->{nick}, trans("Not enough parameters").".");
+        privmsg($src->{svr}, $src->{nick}, trans('Not enough parameters').q{.});
         return;
     }
 
-    $ANSWER = join(" ", @argv);
+    # Return result.
-    privmsg($src->{svr}, $src->{nick}, "Answer set to: ".$ANSWER);
+    $ANSWER = join q{ }, @argv;
+    privmsg($src->{svr}, $src->{nick}, "Answer set to: $ANSWER");
 
     return 1;
 }
 
 
 # Start initialization.
-API::Std::mod_init('EightBall', 'Xelhua', '1.00', '3.0.0a7', __PACKAGE__);
+API::Std::mod_init('EightBall', 'Xelhua', '2.00', '3.0.0a8', __PACKAGE__);
 # build: perl=5.010000
 
 __END__
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ EightBall - A magic eightball module.
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
- 1.00
+ 2.00
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -124,9 +123,9 @@ EightBall - A magic eightball module.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This module adds the 8BALL and RIGBALL commands, 8BALL is a channel
+This module adds the 8BALL and RIGBALL commands, 8BALL is a channel command for
-command for asking the magic 8-Ball a question, RIGBALL is a private
+asking the magic 8-Ball a question, RIGBALL is a private command for setting
-command for setting ("rigging") the 8-Ball's next answer.
+("rigging") the 8-Ball's next answer.
 
 =head1 AUTHOR