Re: Perl Contempt in My Workplace

For all the equivalencies between Perl and Python, I miss these most in Python:

strict and warnings
variable scope
variable assignment in expressions (though there is now a restricted version in Python)
autovivification
one-liner capabilities
sigils

And I don't care for the GIL, but it seems that's a big problem however you slice it, for many languages.

-QM
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Re^2: Perl Contempt in My Workplace by LanX (Saint) on May 31, 2021 at 17:49 UTC
> variable scope Python has function scope, I think you mean block scope. I'd add Lambdas (= Ano. Subs) with more than one expression Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^3: Perl Contempt in My Workplace by QM (Parson) on Jan 14, 2022 at 16:32 UTC
Python has function scope, I think you mean block scope. I literally meant the scope of variables. :D -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply]
Re^4: Perl Contempt in My Workplace by LanX (Saint) on Jan 14, 2022 at 17:14 UTC
> the scope of variables. :D Python has 4 types of variable scope° Block scope like in Perl is none of them, with or without curlies. But this doesn't mean that "variable scope" is missing in Python. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} °) see also Re^2: Perl Contempt in My Workplace	[reply]
Re^2: Perl Contempt in My Workplace by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Jun 01, 2021 at 01:17 UTC
Agreed! Especially Perl vs Python *variable scope*. This was discussed at length a few months ago -- see especially the many insightful replies from the LanX. :)	[reply]

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