Paul wrote:
> Either I'm misunderstanding the code, the docs, or both, but I think
> it's the docs. What are they trying to say? Merely that
>
> my $x = 1 if 0;
>
> might not set the variable?
let me put it this way. do you know the difference of:
if(0){
my $x = 1;
}
and:
my $x = 1 if(0);
if you do, you will know why the second form is what Perl discourages you to
do. if you don't, you probably have the reread the doc again :-)
david
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