On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 03:55:52AM +0100, Leon Timmermans wrote: > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Tom Christiansen <tchr...@perl.com> wrote: > > I nearly always use lexical handles in non-trivial programs, although in > > trust I seldom do so in trivial ones. By trivial, I mean those that don't > > even have subroutines, or very few. > > I'm pretty sure everyone on this list is able to make such judgment, > but what about the novices? I'd rather have them default to using > indirect filehandles until they grok the difference.
I'd rather teach novices lexical, autovivifying handles first. But regardless. I find "let's shield novices from XXX" not an argument why something should not (or should) be in the documentation. They aren't American teenagers who'll be scarred for life if they see a nipple before they can have a beer. Abigail
