Re: The new =~, and chaining statement modifiers

2002-04-04 Thread Aaron Sherman
On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 20:49, Larry Wall wrote: : Additionally, can you chain statement modifiers? : : do_this() if $a unless $b; [...] No, still can't chain them. That's a darned shame. In p5, I keep going back to code and finding something like: print foreach x; and wanting to

The new =~, and chaining statement modifiers

2002-04-03 Thread Luke Palmer
So, does the new =~ commute now, except for regexps; i.e. $a =~ $b is the same as $b =~ $a unless one or both are regexps? Additionally, can you chain statement modifiers? do_this() if $a unless $b; print for mylist if $debug; or less efficiently, print if $debug for mylist; print $x,

Re: The new =~, and chaining statement modifiers

2002-04-03 Thread Larry Wall
Luke Palmer writes: : So, does the new =~ commute now, except for regexps; i.e. : : $a =~ $b : is the same as : $b =~ $a : : unless one or both are regexps? I believe I marked which ones commute in A4. : Additionally, can you chain statement modifiers? : : do_this() if $a unless $b; : print