>>>>> "TC" == Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> ($foo = $bar) =~ s/x/y/; will never make much sense to me.
TC> What about these, which are much the same thing in that they all
TC> use the lvaluability of assignment:
TC> chomp($line = <STDIN>);
TC> ($foo = $bar) += 10;
that should be a much clearer:
$foo = $bar + 10;
TC> ($foo += 3) *= 2;
that is way too many assignment ops. better is the normalized
$foo = ($foo + 3) * 2;
TC> $n = select($rout=$rin, $wout=$win, $eout=$ein, 2.5);
who uses select directly anymore? use a module! :)
uri
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