(MeowChow) Re2: define.pm - a new pragma to declare global constants

Whoops, good catch. I had removed the third way, which was to simply call use define; with no arguments. This would have imported all global constants into the namespace. I decided that any constants that were actually used would get no define ... statements anyway, so this call was superfluous. Thoughts anyone?

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Re: (MeowChow) Re2: define.pm - a new pragma to declare global constants by petral (Curate) on Apr 03, 2002 at 14:58 UTC
Yeah, comment: Requiring `no define`'s is a forced `use strict;`. Sure, `use strict;` makes for better maintanability/reusability, but it's not on by default (and if it were, it could be turned off). Having `use define` 'just work' seems like it would be a boon during development -- or for one-shots, prototypes, in-house utility hacks, whatever. p	[reply] [d/l] [select]
(MeowChow) Re4: define.pm - a new pragma to declare global constants by MeowChow (Vicar) on Apr 03, 2002 at 18:51 UTC
That's a very good point, and a good analogy. I think I'll throw that code back in. MeowChow s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print	[reply]