See, this isn't exactly a SOFPW. I was just thinking about the ways that Perl works like a natural language. There is a lot of room for slang and regional variations. The idea of extending beyond my use strict and use warnings world has poked at my curiosity for how other folks speak Perl.

I'm not actually interested in whether you use strict or iterate through lists with foreach rather than for. I'm really not interested in where you put your braces, or how many spaces you set your tabs to.

What I want to know is what extensions you use, to change the way Perl functions for you. overload, Attribute::Handler ... whatever? Do you have a favorite? Why or why not? Then again, maybe you stick to core features of the language, only using extensions to add library functions.

I'm just curious what the Perlmonks do to tweak with Perl's capabilities.

Updates:

I just realized that I was using the same sig for nearly three years.

In reply to What is your Perl dialect? by webfiend

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