>I strongly agree with the opinion that we should try and get away from
>special variables and switches in favor of functions and pragmas.
>Witness 'use base' instead of '@ISA', 'use warnings', and so on.
Huh? Why??? Perl's use of @ISA is beautiful. It's an example
of code reuse, because we don't need no stinking syntax!
use base is, or can be, pretty silly -- think pseudohashes,
just for one.
The general sentiment you espouse obviously has a line beyond
which you don't intend to cross. The question is where
that line lies.
--tom, who knows that it's hard to read his mail, but it's
even harder to write it
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