On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 03:50:56PM +0200, Marc A. Lehmann wrote:
>
> however, if it did, then this would be a very common error. how do you
> force void context currently? and list context? it's possible, of course,
> but it's extreme action at-a-distance.
do {{EXPR; last}}
forces void context on EXPR.
do {() = EXPR}
forces list context on EXPR.
> it's similar, yes, and only being able to iterate once over a hash even
> in totally different modules by different authors is an extremely nasty
> thing, even if it occurs rarely in practise (it bite me about three times
> in the last 6 years)
If clashes with iteration is the worst thing that can happen if you share
hashes between different modules by different authors, I will change my
mind about the usefulness of lexical variables.
Abigail
