Re: [Nms-cgi-devel] Open question on variable/constants

[Christopher R. <red...@ma...>]

On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 16:10, Olivier Dragon wrote:
> My main arguments against:
> 1. Most, if not all Perl programs use scalars, arrays and hashes
> variables as constants.
> 2. Might break MWS (although I don't see why if we get the code working
> right with it).
> 3. Extra work (in the case where it's done by me, cannot be argued as
> extra work for others :o)

4. Doesn't interpolate directly.
ie compare:
print "Mail program is $mailprog.\n";
vs.
print "Mail program is ", MAILPROG, ".\n";
or even
print "Mail program is @{[MAILPROG]}.\n";