if you also run under -w or do a 'use warnings' it will give you a warning if you're doing something like that.
consider this: use strict; use warnings; my $i = 'foo'; my $i = 'bar'; will print to stderr with: "my" variable $i masks earlier declaration in same scope at C:\tmp\t.pl line 6. hth, jos > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 28 January 2002 16:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to prevent redefining a variable with use strict? > > > Friends, > > When we use strict pragma, is there a way to "prevent" redefining a > variable? > > > use strict; > my ($i) = 5; # $i defined > print ("Val of i = $i"); > my ($i) = 6; # $i redefined?Could this be tagged as an > error? > print ("Val of i = $i"); > > > > Thanks, > Rex > > > --------------------------Confidentiality--------------------------. > This E-mail is confidential. It should not be read, copied, disclosed > or > used by any person other than the intended recipient. Unauthorised use, > disclosure or copying by whatever medium is strictly prohibited and may > be > unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error please contact the > sender immediately and delete the E-mail from your system. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
