I'm a perl newbie.  When I run the following script -w:
        $a=1;
        write STDOUT;
        format STDOUT =

        $a
        .
        format STDOUT_TOP =
        Hi
        .

I get "Possible typo" warnings on _a_ and STDOUT_TOP.
When I add:
        $a .= "";
just below $a=1, the _a_ warning disappears but the STDOUT_TOP
warning remains.

This is minor but irksome.  Is there a way to turn off the STDOUT_TOP
warning?  And is there an easier way to turn off warnings on multiple
variables used only in formats besides explicitly using them elsewhere?

--
Jim Stern -- These views are my own, not my employer's.

|> I'm a perl newbie.  When I run the following script -w:
|> [It uses $a and format STDOUT_TOP.]
|> I get "Possible typo" warnings on _a_ and STDOUT_TOP.
|> When I add:
|>   $a .= "";
|> just below $a=1, the _a_ warning disappears but the STDOUT_TOP
|> warning remains.  [How to get rid of it?]
It later occurred to me that format STDOUT_TOP and variable $STDOUT_TOP
would probably hash to the same thing.  So I created and used variable
$STDOUT_TOP.  It works.   I'm still looking for a slicker way.  The perl
typo checking is marvelous.  Can it be made even better?
|> --
|> Jim Stern -- These views are my own, not my employer's.

--
Jim Stern -- These views are my own, not my employer's.