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From:
Zefram
Date:
October 7, 2013 12:31
Subject:
Re: deprecate say!
Message ID:
20131007123110.GT21945@fysh.org
Ed Avis wrote:
>Hang on - are you saying that *every* use of print in library code needs to
>be protected by localizing $\, or else document that the library's behaviour
>is affected by $\'s global value?
Yes. Also $, if it prints a list.
>I don't think that has been perl culture until now.
It's a poor protocol, because it's unlikely that many library authors
will be mindful of the variability of $\. It's a gotcha. What you're
perceiving as Perl culture is the fact that many library authors indeed
get caught by it. I don't think it's conventional to blame some other
party.
-zefram
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