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From: Hugo [mailto:hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk]
> In <5104D4DBC598D211B5FE0000F8FE7EB2067FE59F@mbtlipnt02.btlabs.bt.co.uk>,
> paul. marquess@bt.com writes:
> :
> : * h2xs.PL now includes a "use warning" in the .pm file it creates.
>
> Can you explain what the benefit of this is?
For the same reason we put a "use strict" at the top of the .pm file that
h2xs generates. We are trying to encourage good coding practice.
> Independently of that, is there any reason not to replace the 'use Carp'
> in warnings.pm with a require() in sub warn {}?
None than I can think of. Does it make much of a difference?
Paul