Chas. Owens wrote:
It is subtle enough that I don't see it, unless you meant X = (X) || (Y) which solves the problem of operator precedence levels in X and Y, but I am assuming X and Y are already whole units.
You're right. I keep forgetting the lhs's can have side effects too. But consider: perl -le '$x=7;$x*=2+3;print $x' vs. perl -le '$x=7;$x=$x*2+3;print $x' -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
