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RE: [RFC] Can we convert lib/perl5db.pl (= the default perldebugger) to strict and warnings?

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Konovalov, Vadim ** CTR **
Date:
November 25, 2011 08:57
Subject:
RE: [RFC] Can we convert lib/perl5db.pl (= the default perldebugger) to strict and warnings?
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> From: Jesse Vincent [mailto:jesse@fsck.com] 
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 02:49:15PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > I'm issuing this "request-for-comments" to see if anyone 
> can see a good reason
> > why I (or someone else who volunteers to do that) should not convert
> > "lib/perl5db.pl" (which implements "perl -d") to "use strict;"
> > and "use warnings;"? If everyone is OK with that, then I'd 
> like to try doing
> > exactly that.
> 
> I'd love to see it happen.

Bad idea.

What exactly benefits are?
What is bad in a strategy "don't fix things unless they are broken"

Vadim.
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