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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1996-02-02 18:52:27 -0800 |
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| committer | Larry Wall <lwall@sems.com> | 1996-02-02 18:52:27 -0800 |
| commit | c07a80fdfe3926b5eb0585b674aa5d1f57b32ade (patch) | |
| tree | 6d56135571eb9ea6635748469bdaf72ad481247a /pod/perlstyle.pod | |
| parent | 91b7def858c29dac014df40946a128c06b3aa2ed (diff) | |
| download | perl-c07a80fdfe3926b5eb0585b674aa5d1f57b32ade.tar.gz | |
perl5.002beta3
[editor's note: no patch file was found for this release, so no
fine-grained changes]
I can't find the password for our ftp server, so I had to drop it into
ftp://ftp.sems.com/pub/incoming/perl5.002b3.tar.gz, which is a drop
directory you can't ls.
The current plan is that Andy is gonna whack on this a little more, and
then release a gamma in a few days when he's happy with it. So don't get
carried away. This is now *late* beta.
In other words, have less than the appropriate amount of fun. :-)
Larry
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diff --git a/pod/perlstyle.pod b/pod/perlstyle.pod index 8bc269de8a..e4a5aab41f 100644 --- a/pod/perlstyle.pod +++ b/pod/perlstyle.pod @@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ previous example. =item * +Avoid using grep() (or map()) or `backticks` in a void context, that is, +when you just throw away their return values. Those functions all +have return values, so use them. Otherwise use a foreach() loop or +the system() function instead. + +=item * + For portability, when using features that may not be implemented on every machine, test the construct in an eval to see if it fails. If you know what version or patchlevel a particular feature was |