Re: Error puzzler

John Douglas Porter wrote:
> Peter Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The documentation is clear that <> doesn't
>> localize $_.  Why not?
>> Just so that if someone wanted to get at the last
>> value after the loop they could do it without an extra variable?
> 
> With all this talk of local $_, I feel compelled to
> point out an insidious problem with the technique; see
> http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=561931

I have a solution!

DON'T USE $_ [1]

The end (until Perl 6)


[1] Except in map and grep and the magic while(<>) where its localized.