I personally would never ever advice a novice perl programmer to use common::sense, Modern::Perl or whatever module that replaces use strict; use warnings; and use autodie; for several reasons. The main reasons are:

• They are not part of perl CORE. That implies that the user has to install perl modules, which is most likely not part of their homework.
• They are not likely to show up in any example code in the standard perl docs.
• It does not hint towards what these programmers will see in everyday scripts and examples they see on the internet when they browse for examples.

In fact, it is way more likely that I will remove such declarations in scripts that I receive from others if I have to use it, than that it is likely that I will change my headers to move to whatever replacement for the default tantra is currently seen as best.

Remember that this is a guide for a homework-beginner. Not for a seasoned programmer that knows exactly why (not) to use common::sense.

I think I am a seasoned perl prgrammer, and I use git, elvis (a vi clone), strict, warnings, and more and more autodie.

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