On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 15:55, Daniel Carrera <dcarr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Chas. Owens <chas.ow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> The [conditional operator][1] is now spelled test ?? true !! false not >> test ? true : false. > > Thanks! > Now the following code works: > %matches{ $r1 > $r2 ?? $p1 !! $p2 }++; > > I'm still having trouble with the other alternative: > $r1 > $r2 ?? { %matches{$p1}++ } !! { %matches{$p2}++ }; > Now the problem is that %matches is empty. I'm not sure why. Maybe you can't > have code blocks inside ?? ... !! ... > Daniel. > -- > No trees were destroyed in the generation of this email, but a large number > of electrons were severely inconvenienced. >
{ } by itself creates a lambda (i.e. an anonymous function), so it may be that you are returning an anonymous function that never gets executed. Try using parentheses instead of braces. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read.