Says redcloud:
> Why is [${^_Ben_Tillys_Variable}] so much
> better than $main::Ben_Tillys_Variable?
That's a good question. It isn't that much better, but that wasn't the main point of the patch. The reason for the patch was that there are all these $^T, $^L, $^V, $^S variables already. They're all forced into package main::, which is what you want, because you don't want to have to say $main::^M everywhere. And we were starting to run out of letters! So I put the patch in so that the next time someone wants to make up a new feature and use a new $^M variable, they can call it ${^Emergency_Memory} instead. It will be forced into package main:: just like $^M is.

Since I was doing that anyway, I thought I might as well reserve some of those variables for the user, just in case they turned out to be useful for someone. If not, it's OK, because it didn't cost anything.

In reply to Re: $_ haters anonymou by Dominus
in thread $_ haters anonymou by MeowChow

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