Re: Avoid using local $/=undef?

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I'd like to recommend not using $/ as the variable name. If you use English; at the beginning of your program, you can change all occurrances of $/ to $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR which is far more readable.

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Re^2: Avoid using local $/=undef? by JavaFan (Canon) on Nov 13, 2009 at 07:18 UTC
Yes! Perl doesn't have enough magic variables to remember! `use English;` will more than double the number of magical, action-at-a-distance variables a program can have. And think of all the fun you can have with: `use strict; use English; my $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR = "%"; # Hi, mom! They tell me to use stri +ct and 'my' my variables!` [download] Too bad there aren't `use French;`, `use Russian;` or `use Arabic;` options.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: Avoid using local $/=undef?
by JavaFan (Canon) on Nov 13, 2009 at 07:18 UTC

use English;

double

use strict;
use English;
my $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR = "%";  # Hi, mom! They tell me to use stri
+ct and 'my' my variables!
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Too bad there aren't use French;, use Russian; or use Arabic; options.

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