On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 17:50:20 -0600 (MDT), Nathan Torkington wrote (in part):
Nat> Ed Mills writes:
>> Is eq needed? Can't == be used for either context? $a ==
>> 'cat' is readily distinguishable from $a == 2; so the compiler
>> should be able to determine context.
Nat> if ($a == $b)
Nat> Is that string comparison or numeric comparison?
Consider that case in particular when $a and $b are each
dual-valued (valid as both string and number).
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