On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 19:49, Larry Wall wrote:
David M. Lloyd writes:
: On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Sam Vilain wrote:
:
: I can't count the number of times I've had to do something like:
:
:if (defined $foo and $foo ne bar) { }
:
: to avoid my program writing garbage to STDERR.
:
:
Aaron Sherman writes:
: On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 19:49, Larry Wall wrote:
: David M. Lloyd writes:
: : On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Sam Vilain wrote:
: :
: : I can't count the number of times I've had to do something like:
: :
: :if (defined $foo and $foo ne bar) { }
: :
: : to avoid my
Of course, this idea may have already been considered and rejected, in
which case I'm just curious to learn the reasons.
What would be the cost (performance, design or dwim) of making all the
defaulting constructs pay attention to the current topicalizer in
preference to $_?
Cwhen is
