Re^2: Perl Style: Is initializing variables considered taboo?

You should set arrays and hashes to the empty list.

my @this = ();
my %that = ();

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Re^3: Perl Style: Is initializing variables considered taboo? by chromatic (Archbishop) on Aug 22, 2010 at 17:37 UTC
Why? Have you ever had a declared array or hash not contain an empty list?	[reply]
Re^4: Perl Style: Is initializing variables considered taboo? by shawnhcorey (Friar) on Aug 22, 2010 at 20:08 UTC
Yes, see my above comment on `mod_perl`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Perl Style: Is initializing variables considered taboo? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 22, 2010 at 21:47 UTC
Your comment stems from your misunderstanding of variable scope and how mod_perl works, it is not a bug in mod_perl, its a common pitfall	[reply]