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For the same reasons people still use vars (think of it as an extension of vars).

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Re: Re: Re: RFC: vars::i - Perl pragma to declare and simultaneously initialize global variables.
by Juerd (Abbot) on Jun 08, 2003 at 15:07 UTC

    For the same reasons people still use vars (think of it as an extension of vars).

    And what is the reason for using vars? Is it 5.00x-compatibility or is it because people dislike our? (In which case I'd still like an explanation :)

    Whatever the reason is, I think you should document it.

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