Bryan Harris wrote:
... but by modifying $_ I was clobbering $_ elsewhere in the larger program!
Oddly, perl won't let me do "my ($_) = shift;", so I'm stuck having to use
another variable.
Why can't we do that? Is using $_ in subroutines discouraged??
The use of $_ in subroutines is discourage since its name gives no hint
as to what it contains. Always try to choose meaningful names for your
variables. However, if you want to use it, create a local copy.
sub isDate {
local ( $_ ) = shift;
See `perldoc -f local` for details.
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