On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 06:53:48PM +1300, Nathan Torkington wrote: > > I write: > > for ($i=0; $i < @foo; $i++) { > local $e = $foo[$i]; > # ... > } > In a thread with the stated goal of finding regexps for common mistakes Perl and/or C programmers make, using ``local'' might be considered bad taste, again maybe that's just me... (I am aware that I am nitpicking the postings of a Perl God, but the use of local stings my poor eyes.) -- Sune Kirkeby | "Imagine, if you will, that there were no such | thing as a hypothetical situation..."