Re: statement modifiers for setting variables

2005-04-19 Thread Larry Wall
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 06:01:48PM -0700, Dave Whipp wrote: : The following is legal perl: : : print "$a $b $c" if ($a,$b,$c)=(1,2,3); : : This prints "1 2 3", but the definitions obviously aren't scoped to the : modified statement. And a C in the modifier is a bit too late. : : Any reason to

statement modifiers for setting variables

2005-04-18 Thread Dave Whipp
The following is legal perl: print "$a $b $c" if ($a,$b,$c)=(1,2,3); This prints "1 2 3", but the definitions obviously aren't scoped to the modified statement. And a C in the modifier is a bit too late. Any reason to [not] add a C statement modifier which restricts the scope of the declaratio