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NAME

underscore - outlaws global $_

VERSION

$Id: underscore.pm,v 0.1 2007/12/25 08:30:14 dankogai Exp dankogai $

SYNOPSIS

  no underscore; # outlaws $_
  while(<>){ # croaks here!
    print;
  }
  use underscore;
  # back to normal

DESCRIPTION

This module detects the use of global $_ and croaks. If you want it to carp or confess, simply

  no underscore 'carp';

You can also use your custom subroutine like

  no underscore sub { ... }

You can also customize the error message like

  no undersocore 'croak', 'I said not to use $_'!

EXPORT

None

AUTHOR

Dan Kogai, <dankogai at dan.co.jp>

Original Idea by Tom Christiansen in Perl Cookbook, p. 543

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-underscore at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=underscore. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc underscore

You can also look for information at:

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2007 Dan Kogai, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.