Re: local vs. my (was Re: code line of the day)

Le samedi 09 septembre 2006 à 10:12, A. Pagaltzis écrivait:
> 
> * Uri Guttman <uri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2006-09-09 05:40]:
> > use local only when you MUST use it. mjd has a good article on
> > the 7 valid uses of local. just declaring vars in a sub is not
> > one of them.
> 
> If you use $_ in any way within a sub, you better localise it or
> someone who calls your code is going to be very surprised at some
> point (that includes yourself).

Why is why you can write « my $_ » in recent Perls, I think.

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