On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 17:54, Kevin <kevin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Could someone please direct me to some web pages where I can go through > all deprecated perl functions and/or ways of writing perl script? It is > not easy for me to figure out whether an on-line example is deprecated or > not. I once saw: > > @files = <$path_to_directory> > > on the web and found it worked perfectly, then kept using this way of > writing my perl script. But I was told yesterday such a script is > deprecated now. I searched the internet for awhile and did not find a > good resource. Please give me a couple of links if you know. snip
Did he or she say why he or she thought it was deprecated. I really only see one issue (besides the lack of a semicolon): you don't have a my in front of @files. Now it is possible @files was declared earlier, but most often a variable, especially and array, only gets directly assigned a value once during its life. This leads me to believe you are coding without the strict pragma, which is a very large mistake in my book. If you are interesting in learning modern Perl style I would suggest picking up a copy of Perl Best Practices by Damian Conway. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
