> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Lazzaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Control flow variables > > > > On Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at 06:38 AM, Simon Cozens wrote: > > Given that we've introduced the concept of "if" having a return status: > > > > my $result = if ($a) { $a } else { $b }; > > > > Would that then imply that > > sub blah { > ... # 1 > return if $a; # 2 > ... # 3 > } > > ...would return $a if $a was true, and fall through to (3) if it was > false? >
It sure should, provided there were a correct context waiting, which would quite nicely address another WIBNI thread a couple of months back about a quick return under those conditions. Very nice. =Austin
