Re: RFC 55 (v1) Compilation: Remove requirement for fina

[Bart Lateur]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 06:44:00 +1000 (EST), Damian Conway wrote:

>   > A true value indicates that the file is indeed valid Perl.
>
>So is an empty file! :-)

That is precisely the problem. You won't get a syntax error if this
happens.

Now, bringing in the million monkeys typing, again: the chances of
getting a corrupt file that yet is valid Perl source file, is *far*
greater, if empty files are allowed as well.

Empty files won't return a true value.

Say you accidently erase the contents of some module file. The
requirement of it returning a true value will immediately warn you where
things went wrong.

-- 
        Bart.