From nagylzs@delfin.klte.hu

I have noticed a strange thing while writting a simple
"Set" class in perl. During my tests, i wrote a litte script​:

use strict;
use Set;

$a = Set->new();

__END__

...and it worked! Then I wrote to a mailing list, and
the final result​:

use strict;
$a = 1;
__END__

This is the simplest script which seems to ignore
"use strict". It works with the name "$b" too.
But I couldn't find any more. (For example​:

~>perl
use strict;
$c=1;
Global symbol "c" requires explicit package name at - line 2.

Please let me know if this was a bug.
Your sincerely​:

  Laszlo, Nagy

Site configuration information for perl 5.00503:

Configured by root at Wed Mar 31 19:22:02 DFT 1999.

Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=aix, osvers=4.3.2.0, archname=aix
    uname='aix esther 3 4 00920517a000 '
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-O', gccversion=
    cppflags='-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -qmaxmem=8192 -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-D_ALL_SOURCE -D_ANSI_C_SOURCE -D_POSIX_SOURCE -qmaxmem=8192 -I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='unsigned char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=8
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib
    libs=-lnsl -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lld -lm -lc -lcrypt -lbsd -lPW
    libc=, so=a, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_aix.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-bE:perl.exp'
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-bhalt:4 -bM:SRE -bI:$(PERL_INC)/perl.exp -bE:$(BASEEXT).exp -b noentry -lc -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.00503:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/aix
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/aix
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
    .


Environment for perl 5.00503:
    HOME=/home/hallg14/nagylzs
    LANG=en_US
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LC__FASTMSG=true
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/home/hallg14/nagylzs/bin
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/usr/bin/csh

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Nagy Laszlo Zsolt pm1 9609 (lists.p5p)​:

use strict;
$a = 1;
__END__

This is the simplest script which seems to ignore
"use strict". It works with the name "$b" too.

This is known; in fact, it's not a bug, and a rather popular non-bug at
that.

$a and $b are special variables because of their role in sort()
This is documented in the strict.pm that's in the development series;
for the moment, perldoc -f sort will tell you about it.

--
Imbalance of power corrupts and monopoly of power corrupts absolutely.
  -- Genji

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Simon Cozens writes​:

This is the simplest script which seems to ignore
"use strict". It works with the name "$b" too.

This is known; in fact, it's not a bug, and a rather popular non-bug at
that.

According to the revised perl5-porters drinking game rules, you should
all have taken a drink when this bug report was filed. Unfortunately,
since Simon's reply neither claimed ``it works for me'' nor promised
Sarathy's execution as penance, no bonus drink was awarded.

Nat

From @TimToady

I still think we should turn perlbug into an AI project capable of
second guessing anything the user might want to report​:

  "I'm sorry, Dave, but that's a feature."

Larry

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Nathan Torkington wrote​:

Simon Cozens writes​:

This is the simplest script which seems to ignore
"use strict". It works with the name "$b" too.

This is known; in fact, it's not a bug, and a rather popular non-bug at
that.

According to the revised perl5-porters drinking game rules, you should
all have taken a drink when this bug report was filed. Unfortunately,
since Simon's reply neither claimed ``it works for me'' nor promised
Sarathy's execution as penance, no bonus drink was awarded.

Nat

What are the rest of the rules?

Take a drink every time Ilya slags TomC, or vice-versa?

-Mark

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From @TimToady

Mark T. Johns writes​:
: What are the rest of the rules?
:
: Take a drink every time Ilya slags TomC, or vice-versa?

No, that happens much too regularly to be useful. Psychologists have shown
that random reinforcement is much better at inducing addictive behavior.

Larry

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

At 12​:33 26/01/00 -0600, Mark T. Johns wrote​:

What are the rest of the rules?

Take a drink every time Ilya slags TomC, or vice-versa?

drinking games are designed to get people drunk ... not comatose ;-)

Greg

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