Re: [perl #22354] remove $*

On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 11:45:51PM -0500, david nicol wrote:
> 
> > > When removing a deprecated feature, should the deprecation
> > > warning be removed as well ?
> > 
> > I submit that ....
> 
> I submit that the error message should refer to a document
> explaining the alternative approach, for instance
> 
> 	$* is now an error: see perdoc perlvar


Well, you can't make '$*' an error. The variable won't disappear -
it's the associated magic that disappears.


Abigail

• Re: [perl #22354] remove $* by Richard Soderberg
• Re: [perl #22354] remove $* by david nicol
• Re: [perl #22354] remove $* by Abigail
• [perl #22354] s/// flags influence regex use in the replacement body by perlbug-followup
• Re: [perl #22354] s/// flags influence regex use in the replacement body by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• Re: [perl #22354] s/// flags influence regex use in the replacement body by perl5-porters
• [perl #22354] remove $* by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• Re: [perl #22354] remove $* by A. Pagaltzis
• Re: [perl #22354] s/// flags influence regex use in the replacement body by Rafael Garcia-Suarez