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Re^2: What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?

by de-merphq (Beadle)
on May 29, 2012 at 15:29 UTC ( #973048=note: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?
in thread What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?

I am curious what relevance you think Safe has, and why you would consider a deprecated module mandatory?

Update: oh, maybe it is not deprecated.

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Re^3: What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?
by thomas895 (Friar) on May 29, 2012 at 16:01 UTC

    Safe, while perhaps not the best example, does allow execution without the risk of your program dieing. I guess it's for the folks who have something against eval.

    ~Thomas~
    I believe that the source code to life is written in Perl :-)
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      Um, no, eval prevents dieing, Safe prevents ops you don't allow (in theory) like exit, system, etc
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        Safe can -- if (ab)used correctly -- prevent your program from dieing as well.

        ~Thomas~
        I believe that the source code to life is written in Perl :-)
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