Perl itself is usually pretty good about telling you what you shouldn't do. :-)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Perl generally warns you about unsafe practices.
- In plain terms
- Perl tells you when you're doing something you shouldn't.
- What can you take from it?
- Pay attention to Perl's warnings to avoid mistakes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How reliable are Perl's warnings?
- What types of errors do they catch?
Another view
Warnings may be ignored or missed.
More from Larry Wall
No, I'm not going to explain it. If you can't figure it out, you didn't want to know anyway... :-)
Permalink to quote #39 Sorry. My testing organization is either too small, or too large, depending on how you look at it. :-)
Permalink to quote #41 last|perl -pe '$_ x=/(..:..)...(.*)/&&$1ge$1&&$1lt$2' That's gonna be tough for Randal to beat... :-)
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