On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:31 PM, <pugs-comm...@feather.perl6.nl> wrote:
...
> -It is a compiler error to use a bare C<print> without arguments.
> +The compiler will warn you if use a bare C<print> without arguments.
> (However, it's fine if you have an explicit argument list that evaluates to
> the empty list at runtime.)
>
> + print; # warns
> + if $_ { print } # warns
> + if $_ { print() } # ok, but does nothing
> + if $_ { print () } # ok, but does nothing
What's the reasoning behind not using older perl convention of print
w/no args becoming "print $_" ?
I understand that this question is probably about six years late!
