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Postings from August 2003
fergal@esatclear.ie (via RT) wrote: >>perl -we '$c,@c' > > Useless use of a variable in void context at -e line 1. > Useless use of a variable in void context at -e line 1. > > Although $c and @c are each used only once there is no warning for either of > them. > I don't think this is a bug, but rather a side effect of the implementation. 'main::c' is referring to the glob *c, which both $c and @c are a part of. You can confirm that by doing this: $ perl -we '$c,@d' Useless use of a variable in void context at -e line 1. Useless use of a variable in void context at -e line 1. Name "main::d" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1. Name "main::c" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1. John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748