Indeed, but assigning a list like this: ($first, $second) = qw/ blabla /
or what ever is equivalent with a array assignment, would make $second undef, right? If this happens like a thousand times, I might get currious how much memory perl would use for something like the undef value. kind regards, Filip ----- Original Message ----- > On Feb 9, filson said: > > >This might sound silly, but how much memory is allocated for a undef > >scalar? Is any set aside for some sort of indexing or what? > > Perhaps you should consider scoping your variables more precisely. > Declare your variables where you need them to exist, not at the very top > of your program. > > -- > Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ > RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ > ** Look for "Regular Expressions in Perl" published by Manning, in 2002 ** > <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. > [ I'm looking for programming work. If you like my work, let me know. ] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
