Analysis of plugins released packages, as taken from the Plugins area on 10th March 2004 The most abusive module is determined by counting the number of calls outside of Func in the module, with a 10X weighting factor for calls direct to TWiki that could have been done through Func. The results are then normalised to the range 0..1000.

TWiki::Func function calls

Function	Uses	Callers
writeDebug	600	AbusePlugin ActionTrackerPlugin AgentPlugin AliasPlugin BeautifierPlugin BugzillaLinkPlugin BugzillaQueryPlugin CalendarPlugin ChartPlugin CommentPlugin ConditionalPlugin CounterPlugin DatabasePlugin DoxygenPlugin EditInTablePlugin EditTablePlugin EmbedBibPlugin EmbedPDFPlugin EmbedQTPlugin ExifMetaDataPlugin ExplicitNumberingPlugin FeedbackPlugin FindElsewherePlugin FormQueryPlugin GaugePlugin GlobalReplacePlugin GnuSkinInstall GpgkeyPlugin GuidPlugin HeadlinesPlugin HiddenTextPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin ImmediateNotifyPlugin InterwikiPlugin JavaDocPlugin LaTeXToMathMLPlugin LdapPlugin ListOfSkinsPlugin LocalCityTimePlugin LocalTimePlugin MathModePlugin MovableTypePlugin NavbarPlugin NewsPlugin NotificationPlugin NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin PageStatsPlugin PdfPlugin PerlDocPlugin PhantomPlugin ProgramsPlugin PrologPlugin PseudoXmlPlugin QuickSearchPlugin RandomQuotePlugin RandomTopicPlugin RecursiveRenderPlugin RedirectPlugin RenderListPlugin RicherSyntaxPlugin RollupPlugin SablotronPlugin SearchToTablePlugin SectionalEditPlugin SingletonWikiWordPlugin SiteMinderPlugin SlideShowPlugin SmartSessionPlugin SourceHighlightPlugin SpacedWikiWordPlugin SpreadSheetPlugin StylePlugin TWikiDrawPlugin TablePlugin TocPlugin TodaysVisitorsPlugin ToolTipPlugin TopicReadersPlugin TopicVarsPlugin TranslateTagPlugin TreePlugin TypographyPlugin UserCookiePlugin VersionLinkPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
extractNameValuePair	153	AgentPlugin CalendarPlugin DatabasePlugin EditTablePlugin ExifMetaDataPlugin FeedbackPlugin GlobalReplacePlugin GnuSkinInstall GpgkeyPlugin HeadlinesPlugin LdapPlugin MovableTypePlugin NavbarPlugin NewsPlugin PerlDocPlugin ProgramsPlugin PrologPlugin PrologSamplePlugin QuickSearchPlugin RandomQuotePlugin RandomTopicPlugin RenderListPlugin SearchToTablePlugin SlideShowPlugin SpreadSheetPlugin TWikiDrawPlugin TablePlugin ToolTipPlugin TopicReadersPlugin TreePlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getPreferencesValue	107	ActionTrackerPlugin AgentPlugin AliasPlugin BugzillaQueryPlugin CalendarPlugin ChartPlugin CommentPlugin DatabasePlugin EditTablePlugin EmbedBibPlugin EmbedPDFPlugin FindElsewherePlugin FormQueryPlugin GaugePlugin GnuSkinInstall GpgkeyPlugin HeadlinesPlugin ImmediateNotifyPlugin InterwikiPlugin MovableTypePlugin NotificationPlugin PeerPlugin ProgramsPlugin SmartSessionPlugin SmiliesPlugin SuggestLinksPlugin TablePlugin TranslateTagPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
writeWarning	103	AbusePlugin ActionTrackerPlugin AgentPlugin AliasPlugin BeautifierPlugin BugzillaLinkPlugin BugzillaQueryPlugin ChartPlugin CommentPlugin ConditionalPlugin CounterPlugin DatabasePlugin DoxygenPlugin EditInTablePlugin EditTablePlugin EmbedBibPlugin EmbedPDFPlugin EmbedQTPlugin ExplicitNumberingPlugin FeedbackPlugin FindElsewherePlugin FormQueryPlugin GaugePlugin GlobalReplacePlugin GnuSkinInstall GpgkeyPlugin GuidPlugin HeadlinesPlugin HiddenTextPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin ImmediateNotifyPlugin InterwikiPlugin JavaDocPlugin LaTeXToMathMLPlugin LdapPlugin ListOfSkinsPlugin LocalCityTimePlugin LocalTimePlugin MathModePlugin MovableTypePlugin NavbarPlugin NewsPlugin NotificationPlugin NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin PageStatsPlugin PdfPlugin PerlDocPlugin PerlSamplePlugin PhantomPlugin PrologPlugin PseudoXmlPlugin QuickSearchPlugin RandomQuotePlugin RandomTopicPlugin RecursiveRenderPlugin RedirectPlugin RenderListPlugin RicherSyntaxPlugin RollupPlugin SablotronPlugin SearchToTablePlugin SectionalEditPlugin SingletonWikiWordPlugin SiteMinderPlugin SlideShowPlugin SmartSessionPlugin SourceHighlightPlugin SpacedWikiWordPlugin SpreadSheetPlugin StylePlugin SuggestLinksPlugin TWikiDrawPlugin TablePlugin TocPlugin TodaysVisitorsPlugin ToolTipPlugin TopicReadersPlugin TopicVarsPlugin TranslateTagPlugin TreePlugin TypographyPlugin UpdateInfoPlugin UserCookiePlugin VersionLinkPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getPreferencesFlag	97	AbusePlugin ActionTrackerPlugin AgentPlugin AliasPlugin BeautifierPlugin BugzillaLinkPlugin BugzillaQueryPlugin ChartPlugin ConditionalPlugin CounterPlugin DatabasePlugin DoxygenPlugin EditInTablePlugin EditTablePlugin EmbedBibPlugin EmbedPDFPlugin EmbedQTPlugin ExifMetaDataPlugin ExplicitNumberingPlugin FeedbackPlugin FindElsewherePlugin FormQueryPlugin GaugePlugin GlobalReplacePlugin GnuSkinInstall GpgkeyPlugin GuidPlugin HeadlinesPlugin HiddenTextPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin ImmediateNotifyPlugin InterwikiPlugin JavaDocPlugin LaTeXToMathMLPlugin LdapPlugin ListOfSkinsPlugin LocalCityTimePlugin LocalTimePlugin MathModePlugin MovableTypePlugin NavPlugin NavbarPlugin NotificationPlugin NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin PdfPlugin PerlDocPlugin PhantomPlugin ProgramsPlugin PrologPlugin PseudoXmlPlugin QuickSearchPlugin RandomQuotePlugin RandomTopicPlugin RecursiveRenderPlugin RedirectPlugin RenderListPlugin RicherSyntaxPlugin SablotronPlugin SearchToTablePlugin SectionalEditPlugin SingletonWikiWordPlugin SiteMinderPlugin SlideShowPlugin SmartSessionPlugin SmiliesPlugin SourceHighlightPlugin SpacedWikiWordPlugin SpreadSheetPlugin StylePlugin TWikiDrawPlugin TablePlugin TocPlugin TodaysVisitorsPlugin ToolTipPlugin TopicReadersPlugin TopicVarsPlugin TranslateTagPlugin TreePlugin TypographyPlugin UserCookiePlugin VersionLinkPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
readTopic	48	ActionTrackerPlugin AliasPlugin CalendarPlugin ChartPlugin CommentPlugin EditTablePlugin ExifMetaDataPlugin FeedbackPlugin FormQueryPlugin GlobalReplacePlugin GnuSkinInstall GpgkeyPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin ImmediateNotifyPlugin PageStatsPlugin ProgramsPlugin RandomQuotePlugin RollupPlugin SablotronPlugin SlideShowPlugin SmiliesPlugin TocPlugin TranslateTagPlugin TreePlugin TigerSkinPlugin
expandCommonVariables	29	ActionTrackerPlugin CalendarPlugin ChartPlugin CommentPlugin EditTablePlugin FeedbackPlugin FormQueryPlugin GlobalReplacePlugin LocalCityTimePlugin TWikiDrawPlugin TablePlugin TreePlugin TigerSkinPlugin
readTopicText	26	ActionTrackerPlugin AliasPlugin CalendarPlugin CommentPlugin EditTablePlugin FormQueryPlugin GlobalReplacePlugin GpgkeyPlugin ImmediateNotifyPlugin ProgramsPlugin RandomQuotePlugin
topicExists	24	ActionTrackerPlugin CommentPlugin FindElsewherePlugin FormQueryPlugin GlobalReplacePlugin GnuSkinInstall RandomQuotePlugin SablotronPlugin TocPlugin TranslateTagPlugin TreePlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getCgiQuery	22	ActionTrackerPlugin AgentPlugin CommentPlugin EditInTablePlugin EditTablePlugin EmbedPDFPlugin FeedbackPlugin GlobalReplacePlugin PhantomPlugin RedirectPlugin SlideShowPlugin SmartSessionPlugin SuggestLinksPlugin TablePlugin TopicReadersPlugin TreePlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getDataDir	19	ActionTrackerPlugin FeedbackPlugin FormQueryPlugin NotificationPlugin ProgramsPlugin PrologPlugin SmartSessionPlugin
getPubDir	18	ChartPlugin EmbedPDFPlugin ExifMetaDataPlugin GaugePlugin GnuSkinInstall HeadlinesPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin MathModePlugin ProgramsPlugin PrologPlugin TWikiDrawPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getTwikiWebname	10	CommentPlugin GnuSkinInstall MathModePlugin RenderListPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getMainWebname	10	ActionTrackerPlugin GnuSkinInstall NotificationPlugin RandomQuotePlugin RenderListPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getViewUrl	9	ActionTrackerPlugin EditInTablePlugin EditTablePlugin GnuSkinInstall RedirectPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
redirectCgiQuery	8	EditInTablePlugin EditTablePlugin RedirectPlugin
getScriptUrl	8	ActionTrackerPlugin CommentPlugin EditTablePlugin GnuSkinInstall SmartSessionPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getWikiUserName	7	ActionTrackerPlugin EditTablePlugin FeedbackPlugin GnuSkinInstall HiddenTextPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getPubUrlPath	7	GnuSkinInstall MathModePlugin RenderListPlugin SmiliesPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getSkin	6	ActionTrackerPlugin CommentPlugin GnuSkinInstall SmartSessionPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
renderText	5	ActionTrackerPlugin RecursiveRenderPlugin
checkAccessPermission	5	EditTablePlugin GlobalReplacePlugin GnuSkinInstall HiddenTextPlugin TigerSkinPlugin
getOopsUrl	5	EditInTablePlugin EditTablePlugin TWikiDrawPlugin
getUrlHost	5	ActionTrackerPlugin MathModePlugin RenderListPlugin SmiliesPlugin UserCookiePlugin
readFile	4	EmbedPDFPlugin HeadlinesPlugin PerlDocPlugin TWikiDrawPlugin
getTopicList	4	FormQueryPlugin RandomTopicPlugin SuggestLinksPlugin TocPlugin
getWikiName	4	ActionTrackerPlugin GnuSkinInstall TigerSkinPlugin
readTemplate	3	ActionTrackerPlugin TreePlugin
setTopicEditLock	3	EditTablePlugin
checkTopicEditLock	3	CommentPlugin EditTablePlugin GlobalReplacePlugin
saveTopicText	2	EditTablePlugin GlobalReplacePlugin
getRevisionInfo	2	MathModePlugin TigerSkinPlugin
permissionsSet	2	GnuSkinInstall TigerSkinPlugin
isGuest	2	GnuSkinInstall TigerSkinPlugin
userToWikiName	2	GlobalReplacePlugin
getDefaultUserName	2	SmartSessionPlugin
getWikiToolName	2	UserCookiePlugin
saveFile	1	HeadlinesPlugin
internalLink	1	SingletonWikiWordPlugin
webExists	1	ActionTrackerPlugin
getScriptUrlPath	1	ActionTrackerPlugin
formatGmTime
getPublicWebList
wikiToUserName
writeHeader
setSessionValue
getSessionValue

Abuses of functions and variables not published by TWiki::Func

Token	Number of uses	Abusers
TWiki::getGmDate	1	ActionTrackerPlugin
TWiki::initialize	1	ActionTrackerPlugin
TWiki::webNameRegex	1	ActionTrackerPlugin
TWiki::mainTopicname	1	ActionTrackerPlugin
TWiki::Store::_readTemplateFile	1	CommentPlugin
TWiki::Store::saveTopic	1	EditInTablePlugin
TWiki::Store::lockTopic	1	EditInTablePlugin
TWiki::getPubDir	1	EmbedBibPlugin
TWiki::superAdminGroup	1	GlobalReplacePlugin
TWiki::handleEnvVariable	1	GnuSkinInstall
TWiki::Store::getRevisionNumberX	1	GnuSkinInstall
TWiki::isoMonth	1	ImageGalleryPlugin
TWiki::doSecureInclude	1	IncludeIndexPlugin
TWiki::Store::readTopicRaw	1	IncludeRevisionPlugin
TWiki::useLocale	1	InterwikiPlugin
TWiki::upperAlpha	1	InterwikiPlugin
TWiki::mixedAlphaNum	1	InterwikiPlugin
TWiki::twikiWebname	1	InterwikiPlugin
TWiki::getEmailOfUser	1	NotificationPlugin
TWiki::getEmailNotifyList	1	NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin
TWiki::Prefs::getPreferencesFlag	1	PageStatsPlugin
TWiki::rcsDir	1	PdfPlugin
TWiki::rcsArgs	1	PdfPlugin
TWiki::urlHost	1	PeerPlugin
TWiki::Func	1	QuickSearchPlugin
TWiki::fgrepCmd	1	QuickSearchPlugin
TWiki::emitList	1	RicherSyntaxPlugin
TWiki::Store::getWebTopic	1	SablotronPlugin
TWiki::Store::getRevisionInfoFromMeta	1	SearchToTablePlugin
TWiki::wikiUserName	1	SearchToTablePlugin
TWiki::getSkin	1	SectionalEditPlugin
TWiki::Store::initialize	1	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Access::initializeAccess	1	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Prefs::initializePrefs	1	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::notifyTopicname	1	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::defaultUserName	1	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Store::getAllWebs	1	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Attach::renderMetaData	1	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::noSpamPadding	1	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::newTopicBgColor	1	SuggestLinksPlugin
TWiki::Form::getFieldParams	1	TreePlugin
TWiki::Store::getRevisionDiff	1	PhotonSkin
TWiki::getTWikiLibDir	2	ActionTrackerPlugin ChartPlugin
TWiki::Store::templateVars	2	CommentPlugin
TWiki::Store::handleTmplP	2	CommentPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Net::getUrl	2	HeadlinesPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::getRenderedVersion	2	LdapPlugin PdfPlugin
TWiki::handleIncludeUrl	2	MovableTypePlugin
TWiki::Store::getRevisionNumber	2	PeerPlugin PhotonSkin
TWiki::Access::checkAccessPermission	2	PeerPlugin SearchToTablePlugin
TWiki::wikiToUserList	2	PeerPlugin
TWiki::Plugins	2	ProgramsPlugin PrologPlugin
TWiki::egrepCmd	2	QuickSearchPlugin SearchToTablePlugin
TWiki::Search::searchWeb	2	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Store::readTopMeta	2	SiteMinderPlugin UpdateInfoPlugin
TWiki::TranslationToken	2	TablePlugin
TWiki::logDir	2	TopicReadersPlugin
TWiki::Notifications::	2	PhotonSkin
TWiki::wikiWordRegex	3	ActionTrackerPlugin AliasPlugin
TWiki::Store::webExists	3	EmbedBibPlugin QuickSearchPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::topicName	3	ExifMetaDataPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin PageStatsPlugin
TWiki::wikiToUserName	3	ImageGalleryPlugin PeerPlugin
TWiki::securityFilter	3	IncludeIndexPlugin QuickSearchPlugin TopicVarsPlugin
TWiki::writeDebug	3	NavPlugin PeerPlugin
TWiki::Store::saveFile	3	NavbarPlugin NewsPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::handleCommonTags	3	NewsPlugin NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin PdfPlugin
TWiki::getScriptUrl	3	NotificationPlugin SectionalEditPlugin
TWiki::defaultUrlHost	3	PdfPlugin
TWiki::Store::getTopicNames	3	PollPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Prefs::handlePreferencesTags	3	SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Prefs::getPropertyValue	3	PhotonSkin
TWiki::Net::sendEmail	4	ActionTrackerPlugin NotificationPlugin NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin PhotonSkin
TWiki::mainWebname	4	InterwikiPlugin PdfPlugin PeerPlugin
TWiki::Store::readFile	4	NavbarPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::formatGmTime	4	NotificationPlugin PeerPlugin TopicReadersPlugin
TWiki::cmdQuote	4	QuickSearchPlugin SearchToTablePlugin
TWiki::scriptUrlPath	5	DatabasePlugin PdfPlugin
TWiki::Store::readWebTopic	6	NavPlugin PollPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::pubUrlPath	6	NavbarPlugin
TWiki::Store::readTemplate	6	PdfPlugin PeerPlugin QuickSearchPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::handleIncludeFile	7	ListOfSkinsPlugin PeerPlugin RandomQuotePlugin TodaysVisitorsPlugin
TWiki::userToWikiName	7	NotificationPlugin PeerPlugin SearchToTablePlugin PhotonSkin
TWiki::webName	8	ExifMetaDataPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin PageStatsPlugin QuickSearchPlugin SearchToTablePlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Store::topicExists	13	EmbedBibPlugin NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin PhantomPlugin SiteMinderPlugin
TWiki::Store::readTopic	15	EditInTablePlugin EmbedBibPlugin IncludeIndexPlugin NotificationPlugin NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin PhantomPlugin SearchToTablePlugin SiteMinderPlugin TopicVarsPlugin
TWiki::dataDir	18	InterwikiPlugin NavPlugin NavbarPlugin NewsPlugin PageStatsPlugin PdfPlugin QuickSearchPlugin SearchToTablePlugin PhotonSkin
TWiki::cgiQuery	27	PeerPlugin
TWiki::extractNameValuePair	57	DoxygenPlugin EmbedBibPlugin EmbedQTPlugin GuidPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin IncludeIndexPlugin LocalCityTimePlugin PageStatsPlugin PeerPlugin PollPlugin TreePlugin
TWiki::Prefs::getPreferencesValue	64	AgentPlugin BugzillaLinkPlugin DoxygenPlugin EmbedBibPlugin EmbedQTPlugin GuidPlugin HiddenTextPlugin ImageGalleryPlugin ImmediateNotifyPlugin JavaDocPlugin LdapPlugin LocalCityTimePlugin LocalTimePlugin NavbarPlugin PageStatsPlugin PhantomPlugin PrologPlugin QuickSearchPlugin RandomTopicPlugin RenderListPlugin RicherSyntaxPlugin SablotronPlugin SearchToTablePlugin SectionalEditPlugin SiteMinderPlugin SlideShowPlugin SourceHighlightPlugin ToolTipPlugin TopicReadersPlugin UserCookiePlugin VersionLinkPlugin PhotonSkin

Most abusive module

Name	Badness
AliasPlugin	20.4082
ChartPlugin	20.4082
DatabasePlugin	20.4082
GlobalReplacePlugin	20.4082
HeadlinesPlugin	20.4082
HiddenTextPlugin	20.4082
ImmediateNotifyPlugin	20.4082
IncludeRevisionPlugin	20.4082
JavaDocPlugin	20.4082
LocalTimePlugin	20.4082
ProgramsPlugin	20.4082
RandomTopicPlugin	20.4082
RenderListPlugin	20.4082
SuggestLinksPlugin	20.4082
ToolTipPlugin	20.4082
UpdateInfoPlugin	20.4082
UserCookiePlugin	20.4082
VersionLinkPlugin	20.4082
AgentPlugin	40.8163
ExifMetaDataPlugin	40.8163
GnuSkinInstall	40.8163
GuidPlugin	40.8163
ListOfSkinsPlugin	40.8163
LocalCityTimePlugin	40.8163
MovableTypePlugin	40.8163
PrologPlugin	40.8163
RandomQuotePlugin	40.8163
RicherSyntaxPlugin	40.8163
SablotronPlugin	40.8163
SlideShowPlugin	40.8163
TablePlugin	40.8163
TodaysVisitorsPlugin	40.8163
TopicVarsPlugin	40.8163
EditInTablePlugin	61.2245
CommentPlugin	81.6327
DoxygenPlugin	81.6327
EmbedQTPlugin	81.6327
SourceHighlightPlugin	81.6327
TreePlugin	81.6327
LdapPlugin	102.041
NavPlugin	102.041
NewsPlugin	102.041
TopicReadersPlugin	102.041
BugzillaLinkPlugin	122.449
SectionalEditPlugin	122.449
IncludeIndexPlugin	142.857
InterwikiPlugin	142.857
NotificationPlugin	142.857
ActionTrackerPlugin	163.265
NotifyOnChildModificationPlugin	163.265
PageStatsPlugin	183.673
PhantomPlugin	204.082
SearchToTablePlugin	224.49
NavbarPlugin	265.306
EmbedBibPlugin	285.714
PdfPlugin	306.122
QuickSearchPlugin	306.122
PhotonSkin	326.531
PollPlugin	387.755
ImageGalleryPlugin	408.163
SiteMinderPlugin	836.735
PeerPlugin	1000

Crawford, this transparency is great. It already prompted me to review and fix some Plugins. Hopefully other Plugin authors will follow.

How did you generate these tables?

-- PeterThoeny - 10 Mar 2004

I've attached the script(s) for your amusement. There are two scripts, extract_data.sh, which downloads (using wget) all the plugins, and extracts raw numbers for uses, and analyse_data.awk, which generates the web page.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 10 Mar 2004

• If there was a way to show the plugin in cvs, and have it so that clicking on the bad ones shows us directly where it is bad, we might more quickly surmise the common context. (I do appreciate the hurdle that many plugins are not checked into CVS)

All in all, this is a cgreat contribution to ensuring that FuncDotPm provides everything that people need it to.

-- MartinCleaver - 10 Mar 2004

Also - it would be very useful to scan for all variables scanned for.

-- MartinCleaver - 11 Mar 2004

Most plugins are not checked into CVS, despite claiming that they are. It is rare that the released version corresponds with the version in CVS. My original version of the scripts worked directly from CVS, but I had to abandon that approach.

Scan for variables scanned for. That's what god gave you grep for, Martin. But I appreciate what you are suggesting. If more plugins used CVS, then perhaps it would make sense to do something like this.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 11 Mar 2004

Is this a duplicate topic? I'm sure there is another topic with the output of the perl conformance analyser?

-- MartinCleaver - 02 Oct 2004