On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:39:07 -0500, Steve Bertrand wrote: >> Note that there is or at least used to be also a side effect in perl >> that would cause that warning if there was an assignment "nearby" a >> conditional, even if not where you'd think it ought to be to complain. >> I forget the details exactly and haven't hit it again in eons. > > I'm content in knowing that if Uri, John, Shlomi, Shawn etc had noticed > such a nearby side-effect, I'dve heard about it eons ago ;)
This is what I was referring to: % perl -wle '$x=1 and die if $0 =~ /./' Found = in conditional, should be == at -e line 1. See the thread at <http://groups.google.com/group/perl.perl5.porters/ browse_thread/thread/6b83100782bbe891/3ea6ec3638286db8> > > ps. even in my one-liners, I have a hell of a time not using > strict/warnings, and I especially cringe at not lexicalizing my > variables! Ditto. -- Peter Scott http://www.perlmedic.com/ http://www.perldebugged.com/ http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0137001274 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
