From: "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Yes. A the semicolon is a statement separator in Perl. Unlike C,
> where it is a statement terminator and the final semicolon is
> required. Null statements are also allowed, so
>
> ( return 99; }
>
> is the same as
>
> { return 99 }
>
> or
>
> { return 99; ; ; ; ; ; ; }
As you can see if you ask Perl to show you how did it parse the code:
perl -MO=Deparse -e "sub foo {return 99}"
perl -MO=Deparse -e "sub foo {return 99;}"
perl -MO=Deparse -e "sub foo {return 99;;;;;;;}"
See
perldoc B::Deparse
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