in reply to (jeffa) Re: Poor Perl Idioms Explained (except not really)
in thread Perl Idioms Explained - $|++
what if someday the default for $| is instead 1?That's not the problem:
The problem is that it might confuse someone who doesn't know about this particular piece of DWIMmery.$ perl -le '$| = 1; $|++; print $|++' 1
Update: removed unfunny joke
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