Re: RFC 16 (v2) Keep default Perl free of constraints such as warnings and strict.

At 09:39 AM 9/16/00 -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> > Yet, I personally would prefer it if strict 'refs' is always on by
> > default. Would this hinder one-liners? How many one-lliners do you write
> > that depend on symbolic references? None, I hope.
>
>The problem with this is that now we're only turning some strictness on,
>like turning some warnings on, which is confusing.
>
>'use strict' and 'use warnings' should be either on or off in their
>entirety. [snip]
>I prefer door #1. Default Perl should remain as flexible as possible,

Those of us who prefer door #2 are still out here.  By way of support, I 
adduce perl.pod:

=head1 BUGS

The B<-w> switch is not mandatory.


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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies