On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 12:34:16PM -0700, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > do {{EXPR; last}}
> > forces void context on EXPR.
>
> 1) is the do{} necessary there?
Yes, because of the last. I think it's pretty unintuitive to having to
add the above uglyness around my last statement when I know it's the last
statement.
> Wouldn't a block do by itself?
"do {}" *is* the block. A block inherits it's context. However, you can omit
the "do" for most standalone blocks.
> i.e., wouldn't { EXPR } constitute void context?
It would have whatever context the block is in.
> 2) just for my own edification,
> I assume this refers to Perl 5?
still, yes, perl5 + in-place-sort ;)
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