Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 01:28:42PM -0700, R. Joseph Newton wrote: > > > Guay Jean-Sébastien wrote: > > > > > > my $errors = 0; > > > open (CRITICALSERVERS, "$crout") || $errors += 2; > > > > > > that will translate to: > > > > > > my $errors = 0; > > > ( open (CRITICALSERVERS, "$crout") || $errors ) += 2; > > > > Nope. > > $ perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e 'open (CRITICALSERVERS, "$crout") || $errors += 2' > Can't modify logical or (||) in addition (+) at -e line 1, at EOF > -e had compilation errors. > ((open(CRITICALSERVERS, "$crout") || $errors) += 2);
Thanks. I stand corrected. I'm afraid I am not very familiar with these pitfalls, because my coding style doesn't often bring me up against them. Usually, if I felt a need to consult precedence tables to be sure, I would just use explicit parentheses. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
