Re: 1 until defined(getvalue()); return it;

[Michael G Schwern]

On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 02:00:59PM -0400, Buddha Buck wrote:
> I'd be interested in seeing how "it" would be better than what works now.
> 
> Why is:
> 
> 1 until defined(getvalue()); return it;
> 
> better than
> 
> 1 until defined($foo=getvalue()); return foo;

Done properly, it would have to be:

    my $foo;
    1 until defined $foo=getval;
    return $foo;

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