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Tatsuhiko Miyagawa wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Michael G Schwern<schwern@pobox.com> wrote:
>> I don't see a down side to leaving it in the language. It isn't harming
>> anything. It isn't causing newbie confusion.
>
> I can't speak as a newbie, but I'm not 100% sure this isn't confusing at all:
>
> use strict;
> my $name = "Joe";
> print "$name's birthday is tomorrow\n";
>
> Since it's fully qualified strict doesn't even complain, while
> warnings would tell you something's wrong.
$ perl -w
use strict;
my $name = "Joe";
print "$name's birthday";
Name "name::s" used only once: possible typo at - line 3.
Use of uninitialized value $name::s in concatenation (.) or string at - line 3.
Its interesting. In my experience I've never seen a newbie do that... or done
it myself either. Have you?
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Don't try the paranormal until you know what's normal.
-- "Lords and Ladies" by Terry Prachett
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