On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 09:52:19PM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
> Perl winges if you compare an undefined value. This is silly and one often
> has to test for the undefined case (and the empty case for == and !=), then
> the equality that the programs logic calls for. If you leave warnings
>If you compare a variable that is undefined with something, perl winges.
Perl never whinges unless you turn on warnings.
>An undefined value is not equal to a string, it should do the right thing.
Comparing the undefined value against something else--that is, using
undef as though it were real
