Re: [FWP] Benchmarking $|++

["Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>]

At 04:42 PM 11/8/99 -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>More importantly, what if some smart-ass library author decided to
>write $| = -1;

Agreed. This falls into the "taking for granted the value of a variable you 
have not yourself assigned."... I remember learning in like my high school 
computer-level class that this was a Very Bad Thing.

Although the $|++ is MUCH easier to type (freely acknowledged), it is 
definitely very bad form. (IMHO)

D


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