Re: (jeffa) 3Re: seeking different ways to slice a 2-d array

I use it any time I would have used "use vars" in the past - to access package globals. The nice thing is that I can scope where that access is legal. So, if I've got a package global %CACHE and two routines read_cache and write_cache I can:

sub read_cache {
  our %CACHE;
  ...
}

sub write_cache {
  our %CACHE;
  ...
}
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And they'll access the same variable. But if I start refering to %CACHE inside some other routine I get an error just like if %CACHE had been a lexical. I like that.

So, I guess I'm pretty happy with our. The only reason I want more education is that I learned about lexical and package variables as totally separate!!! and now they ain't... Which is cool, but also pretty bizarre.

-sam

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Re: Re: (jeffa) 3Re: seeking different ways to slice a 2-d array
by Anonymous Monk on May 14, 2002 at 20:46 UTC

sub read_cache {
  our %CACHE;
  ...
}

sub write_cache {
  our %CACHF;
  ...
}
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&write_cache

{
  our %CACHE;

  sub read_cache {
    ...
  }

  sub write_cache {
    ...
  }
}
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The only reason I want more education is that I learned about lexical and package variables as totally separate!!! and now they ain't... Which is cool, but also pretty bizarre.

our()

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