On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 09:39 -0700, jerry gay wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Geoffrey Broadwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (Subtle note -- the || really wants to be //, but as I recall we're not > > allowed to assume that // is there yet.) > > > correct, parrot depends on perl 5.8, so we can't rely on //. > > so i strongly suggest you use the idiomatic (however verbose) perl5 > equivalent: > defined $foo ? $foo : $default > correctness++
Fair enough. Please remember that the version of the sub I put up was freehanded -- I was trying to make a point about making its API and internals cleaner, not replace James Keenan's patch. Unfortunately, I think my overall point was lost in the details. :-( -'f
