Re: Newline's creep in, while using Tie::File (use strict and warnings References)

[eyepopslikeamosquito]

For future reference, a FAQ list of PM nodes related to using strict and warnings (highest rep first):

• On Commenting Out 'use strict;' by Old_Gray_Bear (2004) - code review meeting where strict/warnings had been commented out because they "caused too many errors"!

• The strictures, according to Seuss (2008) - brilliant funny poem by toolic, a parody of Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham

• 'use strict' is not Perl by Ovid (2001) - Good coding is not language specific: use strict is good coding in Perl (and the principles behind it apply to other languages)
• Use strict warnings and diagnostics or die by tachyon (2001) ... plus an abbreviated version
• Use strict and warnings by runrig (2001)
• 101 reasons to use strict; by George_Sherston (2001)
• The power of strict typo-checking by tall_man (2004)
• RFC: Tutorial: use strict; now what!? by Xiong (2012)
• Why We Use Strict! by Ovid (2000)

• Can you use string as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use? by choroba (2013)
• Perl archeology: Need help in refactoring of old Perl code that does not use strict by likbez (2017)

• Re: Why use warnings? -w by davido (2018) - part 1
• Re: Why use warnings? -w by davido (2018) - part 2

Some more recent ones:

• Newline's creep in, while using Tie::File by always_coys (2020) - with use strict provocation ("is it a universal belief that strictures should be on or a majority belief?") kindly provided by Bod
• Backdating strict by Bod (2020) - should strict always be used or are there circumstances when it makes sense not to use this pragma?

• Re^2: How to import "global" variables into sub-scripts from main script? by Polyglot (2021) - anti-strict rant
• Re^3: How to import "global" variables into sub-scripts from main script? by haukex (2021) - ... with excellent reply from haukex
• Re^2: "Experimental push on scalar is now forbidden" by building_arch (2021) - "I am perfectly willing to pay the price of nostrictness nowarningness", with excellent reply from Marshall

• Re^3: Referencing the locals by Chuma (2021) - sees using strict as "personal preference", haukex argues that it is a best practice
• Long list is long by Chuma (2022) - still not using strict ... will excellent advice from kcott be followed? ... (later reply trying to stir things up a bit :)

• Re^4: pattern matching once by justin423 (Aug 2023) - passive-aggressive response to use strict and warnings
• Re^5: pattern matching once (passive-aggressive) - my response

Some historic anti-strict rants:

• Re^2: Code Review Time! by linuxkid (2012) - A shocking rant "I've been working with perl for about 3 years, and using warnings and strict breaks everything" (the historic "bk" anti-strict rant that inspired Acme::USIG is also shown in a reply :)

Outside refs:

• Always use strict and warnings (perlmaven)
• Modern::Perl

Note: felt obliged to provide this FAQ list so as not to disappoint LanX. :)

[choroba]

You can also check my Can you use string as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use? for a hard to debug behaviour you can get without strict 'refs' (and how to get the same confusing behaviour with strict, too).