Re^3: Avoiding Global Vars

[dsheroh]

One point to clarify is that the reason it bugs me, apart from wanting vars to only live within the scope where they are needed, is that I might re-use the name $vrx later, with possible side-effects.

If you use warnings, you'll get a warning if you redefine a new my $vrx in the same scope as the first. If it's not in the same scope, then it'll be a different $vrx, so there should be little to no chance of unintended side-effects.

Of course, the better way to deal with it would be to use a more meaningful/distinctive name so that it's unlikely that you'll have cause to re-use the name...

[Melly]

Ah, but I might (stupidly) do something like:

my $urx = 0; # no warning on mistyped $vrx
print $vrx; # get's old $vrx

As for more meaningful/distinctive, vrx, for reasons relating to the specific tech I'm working with, is very meaningful...

Thanks again.