On 30 May 2010 10:32:13 +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
>
> In fact localtime works differently under scalar, boolean (works like
> numerical here) and list contexts. Run this if you don't believe me:
>
> perl -le 'print scalar localtime'
> perl -le 'print int localtime'
> perl -le 'print localtime == 0 ? "TRUE" : "FALSE"'
> perl -le 'print join ", ", localtime'
>
> But most of other built-in functions may work the same under numeric,
> scalar, boolean or say dereferencing contexts. This does not mean
> these contexts do not exist. :)
To make it clear. This whole story about localtime being special was
just a funny attempt to demonstrate contexts. It is not true. This
function is not different from most of other functions that work the
same under scalar, numeric and boolean contexts:
perl -wle 'print localtime() ? "TRUE" : "FALSE"'
But maybe in some future perl version this line will print "FALSE" if
the system time is set to year 1869 or 2040. :)
The rest of the message was serious however and I hope useful.
Regards,
Mikhael.
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