Do you think that localizing special variables is something that needs to be encouraged in Perl beginners?

Just to be clear, if you are going to change them, you should definitely localize them. If you are unclear on what I mean, read the very response of merlyn's that you are waving around.

When you are done that question, do you think it is good to lie to people and say that the only legitimate reason for calling local is to modify special variables?

In general I am with Dominus. Unless your knowledge level is to the point where you understand why you don't have any real choice but to call local, you should try to figure out how to solve your problem while calling my.

In reply to Re (tilly) 3: I need a simple explantion of the difference between my() and local() (discussion) by tilly
in thread I need a simple explantion of the difference between my() and local() by Jemts

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