Jenda Krynicky wrote:
>
> From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > "Elizabeth A. Rice" wrote:
> > >
> > > What I've written so far....
> > >
> > > @ARGV = ("$logfile"); # prime the diamond operator
> > ^^ ^^
> > Useless use of quotation marks and parenthesis.
> >
> > @ARGV = $logfile;
>
> I agree completely on the "useless use of quotes", but IMHO it's
> more readable&understandeable with the parens.
>
> They do not change the meaning, but somehow I feel better
> assigning a list instead of a scalar to an array:
>
> @ARGV = ( $logfile );
Putting parenthesis around a scalar does not transform it to a list, the
parenthesis are used for precedence which is redundent in this context.
John
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