On 04/30/2012 09:01 PM, Ian Geiser wrote: > Out of curiosity why not use local?
first of all, local is not posix and we want to stick to posix only for maximum compatibility. second, local is entirely useless. they only thing that local protects from is crappy code. when doing variable assignments carefully, there's no need for it. (and some people claim that not using local is faster, but i think that's bogus at best.) -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Donnerbuehlweg 3, CH-3012 Bern Email: [email protected] Internet: http://people.progress-technologies.net/~daniel.baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
