Paul wrote: > Either I'm misunderstanding the code, the docs, or both, but I think > it's the docs. What are they trying to say? Merely that > > my $x = 1 if 0; > > might not set the variable?
let me put it this way. do you know the difference of: if(0){ my $x = 1; } and: my $x = 1 if(0); if you do, you will know why the second form is what Perl discourages you to do. if you don't, you probably have the reread the doc again :-) david -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]