Re: RFC 263 (v1) Add null() keyword and fundamental data type

[Glenn Linderman]

Tom Christiansen wrote:

> >     no strict;
> >     $a = undef;
> >     $b = null;
>
> Perl already has a null string: "".

That's an empty string.  In any case, if you really want to call it a
null string, that's fine, just a little more likely to be
misinterpreted.  NULL is neither number nor string, it is null.  $b (per
the example above) is null.  It is not the null string, it is not undef,
it is not zero, and you do not get $200 for passing GO.

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Glenn
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