>>>>> "Tuomo" == Tuomo Salo <tuomo.s...@cybercom.com> writes:
Tuomo> When you use a "my" variable outside a subroutine, you create a variable Tuomo> that is completely invisible from anywhere outside of that file. This Tuomo> violates some core principles of object oriented programming, and perl Tuomo> itself: No it doesn't. It's common practice. It may not be the way *you* code in Perl, but it's perfectly acceptable Perl to have a file-lexical variable. Ever heard of "inside-out objects"? That's precisely the mechanism by which this was accomplished. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion
