On 1/9/03 10:10 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> I would assume it to be a compiler hint via subroutine attribute.
>
> sub debug ($msg) is off {
> print STDERR $msg;
> }
>
> some "this subroutine is a no-op if a flag is set" attribute.Hm, not quite as convenient as setting a package global (constant) somewhere. Maybe that same "off" bit could be set "from a distance" at compile time? -John
