Is this really a problem if the script has no multi-valued params, and never will?

I think it is a problem, for two reasons:

  1. You can never be sure that the script will never have multi-valued parameters. Who knows what features might be added in the future - and it might not be you that adds them.
  2. By posting the code here you've made it an example that people will copy - and people who might not understand the specific circumstances that make your code work correctly. At the very least, you should have a comment that says something like "this code only works correctly because I have no multi-values CGI parameters".
I understand what you're saying about mixing CGI.pm interfaces. But i have tried it, and it works!

OK. I'll take your word for that. But does it give you any advantages over using one or the other exclusively? And once more, consider that your code will now be read and copied by people who don't understand it as well as you do. Would using one interface make it easier for them to understand? I think so.

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: perlvars by davorg
in thread perlvars by epoptai

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