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Inane warning used only once: possible typo (Score:1, Interesting)

by siracusa (347) on 2000.06.02 23:29 (#329) Homepage

As wonderful as warnings are for debugging, I refuse to explicitly defeat the warning system in an effort to create an artifical silence. The "used only once" bit has got to be one of the most annoying, and I can't believe how much code I see with some pointless "second use" of a var followed by a "# keep -w happy" comment of some kind.

I've barely dipped my toes into perl 5.6 so I'm not sure how much better things have gotten, but the "used only once" test is a good indicator as far as I'm concerned. I should never be forced to choose between code that is "warning free" and code that is "sensible."

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