On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 17:29:27 -0400 (EDT), Trey Harris wrote:
> In a message dated Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Jonathan Scott Duff writes:
> > So, each time I use a hypothetical, I have to be concious of which
> > variables are currently in scope? Perl can't help be with this task
> > because how does it know
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 10:34:23PM +, Damian Conway wrote:
> Trey Harris wrote:
> > It should. I think everyone has been proceeding under the assumption that
> > they are. If you use a variable name already defined, then you set both
> > the match object's attribute of the same name (minus t
Trey Harris wrote:
>>So, each time I use a hypothetical, I have to be concious of which
>>variables are currently in scope? Perl can't help be with this task
>>because how does it know if I meant to hypothetically clobber that
>>lexical or store something in the match object. This is only reall
In a message dated Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Jonathan Scott Duff writes:
> The thread on hypotheticals has caused me to reread that section of A5 a
> few times now and a couple of paragraphs bother me the more I read
> them. I'll just quote the parts that bother me:
>
> ... If a regex sets a hypo
