On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 14:25, Michael Lazzaro wrote: > (2) The behavior of an explicit bool type, _if_ one exists, > that stores "truth", not "value". Such that C<my bool $y > = (0 but true)> stores true, not 0, and does so in "the > most efficient way".
There is no explicit bool type. Larry Wall wrote: > > Please don't think of C<bit> as a boolean type. There is > no boolean type in Perl, only a boolean context. Or looking > at it from the other direction, *every* type is a boolean > type. http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=Pine.LNX.4.44.021031 1952540.18773-100000%40london.wall.org -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
