John Douglas Porter wrote: > Peter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The documentation is clear that <> doesn't >> localize $_. Why not? >> Just so that if someone wanted to get at the last >> value after the loop they could do it without an extra variable? > > With all this talk of local $_, I feel compelled to > point out an insidious problem with the technique; see > http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=561931
I have a solution! DON'T USE $_ [1] The end (until Perl 6) [1] Except in map and grep and the magic while(<>) where its localized.
