>>>>> "Jari" == Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Right, but without looking, is it $OS_ERROR or $OSERROR? Jari> I don't see any difference, because that variable is always within the Jari> close context of previous statements. The reader would consult the lines Jari> above. Yes, once it's already *in* the program. But I bet you had to *look them up* to add them. And if you weren't familiar with Perl, you'd still have to *look them up* to get the punctuation variables. You're just trading one problem for another. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html