in reply to Re^3: Style and warnings
in thread Style and warnings

You never know, maybe they are only dealing with integers, possibly joined with types of dog, in which case my example was perfect.
Hmmm. Well, in that case, suppose the OP was dealing with a $seqnum equal to -9999997, in which case
my $bigseqnum = 3;
would have been perfect! You never know!

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Re^5: Style and warnings
by BioLion (Curate) on Aug 19, 2009 at 07:33 UTC

    The key point was *just an example*. i.e. Trying to make a point, rather than cover every base.

    Your points would be important checks to incorporate though, and OP should bear them in mind!

    Just a something something...