RE: Warnings, strict, and CPAN (Re: Closures and default lexical-scope for subs)

[Paul Marquess]

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> 
> The basic usefulness of warnings is not in question.  This is about
> the *perception* of their utility.  Warnings are only useful if the
> user heeds them.  The question is, will having them on by default make
> the user more or less likely to respond?
> 
> There was also eariler discussion that this might encourage people to
> cover up large sections of lousy code with a C<no warnings> thus
> further burying potential errors and actually worsening the situation.
> Some ideas were kicked around to have a way to globally override C<no
> warnings>... 

This is what the -W command-line flag does.

> but it seems like we're right back to having to remember
> -w again.

Paul

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