On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:29 AM, Peter Scott wrote:
Well, if you're able to upgrade to 5.10:
my $foo = $very_long_expression // "n/a";
THAT'S what I was remembering.
Thanks. Mac OS X Leopard is at 5.8 but I assume someone's found a way
to install and use 5.10 without interfering with what the OS uses.
Will have a look to see if 5.10 offers enough over and above 5.8 to
make it worthwhile....
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