Re: Where automatic variable $

Hi guiwp,

It's not "prohibited": How should Perl tell the difference between print $fh; and print $fh;? With the first one I meant "print the value of $fh to the currently selected filehandle" and with the second one I meant "print $_ to the filehandle $fh"? That's taking DWIM a little too far ;-)

Regards,
-- Hauke D

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Re^2: Where automatic variable $_ doesn't work? by guiwp (Sexton) on Jul 04, 2016 at 20:23 UTC
I always thought Perl was taking DWIM a little too far! I assume the compiler (and the human that made it!) is pretty smart =) Thank you @haukex	[reply]