>>>>> "JM" == Jeremy Muhlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JM> If you restrict your 'no strict' to a very small block, it's really no
JM> problem at all. Best practice is to apply it to the smallest possible
JM> block possible. This would be even better than what I initially wrote:
JM> foreach ... {
JM> # "setup" code here
JM> {
JM> no strict 'refs';
JM> $$varname = <simple expression>;
JM> }
JM> }
JM> "simple expression" is ideally a single variable whose value you
JM> initialize in the "setup" code. Minimal code under 'no strict' means
JM> fewer possible errors.
working around strict when you don't need to is a bad idea as well. as i
said before symrefs are for when you have to mung the symbol table. no other
uses should be allowed. there is no need for this. the OP needs to learn
to use hashes for data structures.
uri
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