Re: RFC 263 (v1) Add null() keyword and fundamental data type

[Tom Christiansen]

>    $a = null;
>    $b = ($a == 42);
>    print defined($b)? "defined" : "not defined";

>would print "not defined", maybe?

In a sane world of real (non-oo-sneaky) perl, the "==" operator returns 
only 1 or "".  Both are defined.

--tom