$_ is a special global, you lexicalize these with local not my, especially if you want to be backwards compatible ;-)
Although 5.8 is a bit old, it's still common and has good Unicode support, therefore as long as the changes to support are minimal I suggest it is well worth doing. _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers