Re^4: lexical vs. local file handles

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My point is: bareword filehandles are something special in Perl syntactically. Avoiding them cuts off a part of the language.

Greetings,
-jo

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Re^5: lexical vs. local file handles by chromatic (Archbishop) on Apr 18, 2020 at 20:52 UTC
You could say the same thing about `goto` and mutable global variables and even `$[` (which, fortunately, is gone in newer language releases), but in general the same reason to avoid them applies: because using them makes it more difficult to reason about code in the small and the large. Improve your skills with Modern Perl: the free book.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: lexical vs. local file handles by haukex (Archbishop) on Apr 18, 2020 at 19:54 UTC
My point is: bareword filehandles are something special in Perl syntactically. Avoiding them cuts off a part of the language. Ok, but that wasn't my question...	[reply]
Re^6: lexical vs. local file handles by jo37 (Curate) on Apr 18, 2020 at 20:07 UTC
TIMTOWTDI. My question is: "Why not?". Greetings, -jo `$gryYup$d0ylprbpriprrYpkJl2xyl~rzg??P~5lp2hyl0p$`	[reply]
Re^7: lexical vs. local file handles by haukex (Archbishop) on Apr 18, 2020 at 20:15 UTC
TIMTOWTDI. My question is: "Why not?". My question for the specific, technical advantages is something I'm honestly curious about.	[reply]

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