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Re: Flag variablesby Aristotle (Chancellor) |
on Mar 03, 2003 at 13:26 UTC ( [id://240019]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
You might be interested in Mark-Jason Dominus' excellent Program Repair Shop and Red Flags article series on Perl.com. In a pinch, you should avoid flag variables wherever possible - they do nothing to clarify the algorithm and can often obscure it. Makeshifts last the longest.
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