One argument for it is that you now have a more customized language to use that you can be more efficient with. Keep trying to do it, and your productivity will rise.

A big argument against it is that you have just raised the barrier for being able to exchange code with others. For instance if you get used to using this feature, then you may accidentally write and test something that will not work on anyone else's machine.

Your choice. But I happen to believe the tendancy to not customize local versions of Perl was a major factor in making CPAN be viable. OTOH no less than Damian Conway is a big fan of customized versions of Perl, and will cheerfully customize yours to speak Latin, Morse, and Klingon if given half a chance...

In reply to Re (tilly) 1: DWIM Part Nineteen: Unary Operators in Void Context by tilly
in thread DWIM Part Nineteen: Unary Operators in Void Context by CheeseLord

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