[Tutor] Slightly OT: public/private class members

alan.gauld@bt.com alan.gauld@bt.com
Fri Feb 14 11:33:02 2003


> > And what does strict (Perlicism?) do?
> 
> strict enforces declaration of variables before usage. So 
> 
> use strict;
> 
> makes you issue a
> 
> my $variableName;
> 
> statement so the if you accidentally type $myVar or 
> $myvariable later on, an error will occur, rather than a 
> new variable being created. 

Ah, I see. OK that is a nice feature that VB can turn on too.
For production code it would be nice, for short scripts overkill.
A 'use strict' equivalent might be a good idea.

Alan g