Re: RFC 105 (v1) Downgrade or remove "In string @ must be \@" error

[Michael Fowler]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 04:09:51PM -0400, Ted Ashton wrote:
> Better yet, DWIM.  If I write
> 
>   print "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
> 
> and no array @southern exists, I probably mean I want it to print
> 
>   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> I'd say, if the variable exists, interpolate it.  If not, print it as 
> it stands.

Some time ago, this is how it was done, to stay backwards compatible.  In
recent versions (the farthest I can tell is 5.004) it became a fatal error. 
I don't think we should go backwards.  If someone uses @, they mean array. 
A warning should be emitted, but it should print a blank string.


Michael
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