On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 03:09:16AM -0400, Justin M. Harrison wrote: > Could anybody clarify the difference between [! !] and [- -] for me?
<snip> > What makes [! whatever !] so different from [- whatever -]? When is [- > whatever -] ever going to be executed twice? [- whatever -] gets executed every time the page is loaded/reloaded. [! whatever !] is executed exactly once, the very first time that page is hit; thereafter it's effectively ignored because it's assumed whatever you've done there (like defining a subroutine or doing a 'use') is persistent. Does that help or confuse? :-) Cheers, Gavin -- Fashion is a variable, but style is a constant - Programming Perl --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
