On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 13:53, Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I also think that you have not written
>
> use strict;
> use warnings;
>
> at the start of your program, and anything that is presented to this list
> should
> at least have those in place.
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Just because I am in a grumpy/contrary mood, I take issue with that
statement. Perl is not just a programming language; it is also a
command line tool. There is no reason to say
perl -Mstrict -wnle 'print $1 if /foo="([^"]*)"' file_of_records
when
perl -nle 'print $1 if /foo="([^"]*)"/' file_of_records
will do; however, I do agree that any script should definitely use the
strict and warnings pragmas. Of course, I haven't seen a
Perl-as-a-command-line-tool question in a long time, so I am just
being grumpy.
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