On Sat Jan 24 00:01:33 2009, richardh wrote: > $perl6 > > $_ = 'abc'; m/(a)/ and say "matched $0" > Use of uninitialized value > matched > > $_ = 'abc'; $_ ~~ m/(a)/ and say "matched $0" > matched a > > $_ = 'abc'; m/x/ and say "matched" > matched > > > > Not quite sure what is going on here. > > I understood that a bare match should be against $_. > > But no match was made in first code line with a bare match. > In second code line, match is explicitly against $_ and the match occurs > as expected. > > However, in first line, even though no match was made, m// returned true > Also in third code line a bare match yielded a true result. > >
Slight improvement: $ ./perl6 > $_ = 'abc'; m/(a)/ and say "matched $0" matched a > $_ = 'abc'; $_ ~~ m/(a)/ and say "matched $0" matched a > $_ = 'abc'; m/x/ and say "matched" _block174 -- Will "Coke" Coleda
