Thus it was written in the epistle of Michael G Schwern, > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:58:34PM -0800, Larry Wall wrote: > > : while( my $line = <FILE> ) { > > : ... > > : } > > > > That still works fine--it's just that $line lives on after the while. > > This creeping lexical leakage bothers me. While it might make the > language simpler, the proliferation of left-over lexicals seems > sloppy.
.. . . if not to say downright ugly. The boolean of an if or a while is more a part of the "inner stuff" than the "outer". What's the chance that it could be considered so? Ted -- Ted Ashton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University ========================================================== There is no nature at an instant. -- Whitehead, Alfred North ========================================================== Deep thought to be found at http://www.southern.edu/~ashted