Paul wrote:
>
> --- david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> let me put it this way. do you know the difference of:
>> if(0){ my $x = 1; }
>> and:
>> my $x = 1 if(0);
>
> Several. The primary *difference* I see is that in your version, the
> scome of $x is limited to the block of the if statement, where in mine,
> it would be theoretically scoped to the enclosing block, except that
> niether would actually get executed. :)
>
> For either, the optimizer would scrub that code right out of the
> program, right?
in general, i don't know. in this particular case, it probably should.
>
> My problem wasn't with the code. It was with the wording in the
> documentation. If there is something I'm missing, I want to get it. If
> not, then I am concerned that the wording will confuse others as it has
> me.
>
absolutely right.
david
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