1. I think you should read about local. Some stuff here:
http://perl.plover.com/local.html#Marginal_Uses_of_Localized_Fileh

2. I would be careful about re-defining the record separator, but I guess you have already figured that out!

Update: See the ikegami post below. local has the behavior that previous value is restored when the local def goes out of scope. A local is not like a "my" or an "our" variable. It is a different critter. I caution the use of local. Great when you need it, but don't use unless you need it. This is more like "push the current value" and restore previous value when the localized var goes out of scope.

In reply to Re: undef $/ to null by Marshall
in thread undef $/ to null by Selvakumar

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