On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 06:25:09AM -0800, Austin Hastings wrote: > The only time this doesn't change type (arguably a bad thing in its own > right) is when you're doing boolean ops. And for those, there exist > boolean operators.
Changing type is a very Perlish thing to do. > > How 'bout a shortcut for that, something like this: > > > > $var ?= 1 : 0; > > Isn't this the same as C<$var &&= 1;> ? No for example, "" maps to 0. A better example: $var ??= 'succeeded' :: 'failed'; -- "You're so sadly neglected, and often ignored. A poor second to Belgium, When going abroad." Monty Python - "Finland"
