At 09:36 AM 9/8/00 -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> >So you wouldn't be in favour of:
>
> > my Dog $spot;
> > print defined($spot) ? 'defined' : 'undefined'; # undefined
> > print $spot->isa('Dog') ? 'Dog' : 'not dog'; # Dog;
>
> >then?
>
> >Bang goes that RFC...
>
>No, I would argue that undef() be changed to uninitialize().
>This is infinitely better for many, many reasons.
>[snip]
Make that uninit() for typing ease (only one char longer than undef) and
I'd vote for it. Makes a heck of a lot of sense.
>You think of teasing. And I am. But if you think about it, this notion has
>a lot going for it, too.
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies