On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 17:41, Tolkin, Steve wrote: > In principle quite complex code can be analyzed > to determine accurately that the data is not modified.
What if the variable in question is actually tied, and a "read" operation on the variable actually modifies the value? In certain other less dynamic languages I agree that what you claim is possible, but not in perl. -- Jeremy _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm