From: Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16@...>
Date: 2005-05-07T09:44:33+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR 303: nil should accept missing methods and return nil

--- Cyent <cyent@xtra.co.nz> wrote:

> If you read "man perl" and scroll down to the BUGS sections it
> says...
 
I fail to see why you're comparing the two, when perl's use of "-w" and
"use warnings" as a pragma, are different to how Ruby handles such
things.

> BUGS
>        The -w switch is not mandatory.
> 
> Anybody who is vaguely worried about bugs in their code whether they
> are
> running perl or ruby should _always_ use the -w switch.

As a guide, perhaps, but not because their program _might_ break -
that's why UnitTest is such a good thing to use.

-- Thomas Adam

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