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On 14.02.2013 09:43, Alexander Hartmaier wrote: > Thanks for reviewing Ricardo! > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Ricardo Signes > <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org <mailto:perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org>> wrote: > > * Alexander Hartmaier <alex.hartmaier@gmail.com > <mailto:alex.hartmaier@gmail.com>> [2013-01-19T06:54:56] > > ... > > Sorry for the delay. I'm finally reviewing! > > This is a sort of random collection of reactions. Sorry for any > confusion to > my thoughts. > > special variable C<$!> -- should link to perlvar, since $! is a bit > weird > > I was thinking about even use-ing English and its $OS_ERROR (or > $ERRNO), what do you think about that? I think that's a bad idea: - 'use English "-no_match_vars";' is too ugly to put in programs. - I know what $! is. I don't know what $OS_ERROR is or where it comes from.[0] I suspect most Perl programmers are more familiar with the real variables ($!, $0, $$, ...) than with their "readable" English aliases. Or maybe I'm in the minority, but I really think English.pm makes code less readable. [0] In fact, I had to check perlvar to make sure it wasn't $^E (a.k.a. $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR). -- Lukas Mai <l.mai@web.de>Thread Previous | Thread Next