Long ago, I remember reading some definitions. From memory, they were:

  • Bug: An undocumented feature.
  • Feature: a documented bug. E.g. "It is a feature of DrossWorks that hitting the spacebar reformats your hard disc".

    • I thought I had found a bug, but it turns out that it is documented. I have two files.

    Master.pl

    use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use slave;

$slave::typo = "Hello world";
print "$slave::typo\n";

    [download]

    slave.pm

    use strict;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;

package slave;
1;

    [download]

    This surprised me by working when I expected a compile time error. The docs say (my italics):

    This generates a compile-time error if you access a variable that wasn't declared via our or use vars, localized via my(), or wasn't fully qualified.

    So it's a feature, not a bug, but it's not a feature I like, as I'm just as capable of making typos in fully qualified names as in unqualified names. I tried use dominatrix, but that failed. Is there anything that will report the use of undeclared fully qualified variable names?

    Regards,

    John Davies

    In reply to Strict isn't strict enough by davies

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