>>>>> "JWK" == John W Krahn <jwkrahn@shaw.ca> writes:
JWK> Uri Guttman wrote:
>>>>>>> "JD" == Jatin Davey<jashokda@cisco.com> writes:
>>
>> >> but it isn't as good as my code. don't use $_ unless you have to (as in
>> >> map/grep). it is much better to use named variables.
JD> Any reason to use named variables than to use the default variable ($_) ?
>>
>> yes, you can read the code and see what the variable is for. $_ is
>> useful in some situations but not for foreach loops and similar
>> things. names are important in code and $_ has no name. you lose the
>> opportunity to tell the reader of the code what the variable contains
>> and what it is used for.
JWK> Yes, and using $month for the keys 'english' and 'french' does not
JWK> really do that. Perhaps using $language would have been better?
my bad. i was seeing months all over the code so that stuck.
uri
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