Well in theory he could set the environment with PERL5OPT=-Mstrict or manipulate sitecustomize.pl (see perlrun for details) ...

D:\tmp>set PERL5OPT=-Mstrict

D:\tmp>perl -ce "$fred = 42"
Global symbol "$fred" requires explicit package name (did you forget t
+o declare "my $fred"?) at -e line 1.
-e had compilation errors.

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... but I would hate the side effect of random errors, if the script was accidentally run in another environment and strict was missing.

The safest would be to alias/link perl to a new name like superl - the "super language" ;) - which auto-defaults to strict.

Like this superl script.pl would simply not run if the workaround was missing.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

PS: On a side-note: The whole Perl7 mess could be solved like this too! (The language needs a rebranding anyway to overcome the mobbing. Don't shoot the messenger...:)

In reply to Re^2: use strict without typing use strict? by LanX
in thread use strict without typing use strict? by nysus

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