Re: Avoid using local $/=undef?

[markkawika]

I know I'm a bit late to the party, but I'd like to recommend not using $/ as the variable name. If you use English; at the beginning of your program, you can change all occurrances of $/ to $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR which is far more readable.

[JavaFan]

Yes! Perl doesn't have enough magic variables to remember! use English; will more than double the number of magical, action-at-a-distance variables a program can have. And think of all the fun you can have with:

use strict;
use English;
my $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR = "%";  # Hi, mom! They tell me to use stri
+ct and 'my' my variables!

Too bad there aren't use French;, use Russian; or use Arabic; options.