On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 09:25:12AM -0700, chromatic wrote: : On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 14:56 +0300, Gaal Yahas wrote: : : > (This introduces a potential semipredicate problem when looking at the : > return value of a printed "0" or "" while not using "fatal", but the : > code can use a defined guard.) : : I don't know if returning the printed string is the right approach, but : would returning '$string but true' avoid the semipredicate problem?
I don't see any reason to return the string at all. It's almost never wanted, and you can always use .= or monkey but. Larry