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From: rbj@uunet.uu.net (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: turning on warnings from within a script
Message-ID: <1991May16.002134.11005@uunet.uu.net>
Date: 16 May 91 00:21:34 GMT
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tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:

?The writeable $^W variable contains the value of the -w switch in 4.0
?version of perl.  For example, the first assignment here gives a warning,
?but the second one doesn't.
?
?    $ = 1;		# enable -w
?    $a = $b[$i];	# generate warning
?    $ = 0;		# disable -w
?    $c = $d[$i];	# remain silent

You didn't go and put real control Ws
into your script now did you?

For shame, for shame!
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