unless, of course, you add your variables by

## start with:
my $foo = shift;

## adding $bar yields:
my $foo = shift; 
my $bar = shift;
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it's a matter of style. if you're changing your style, it's safer to rewrite the code from scratch than to modify in place -- even (or especially) if it's only one statement.

~Particle *accelerates*