On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 11:13:45AM -0700, David Whipp wrote:
> Damian Conway wrote:
> > BUGS
> > Unlikely, since it doesn't actually do anything. However,
> > bug reports and other feedback are most welcome.
>
> Bug:
>
> don't { die } unless .error;
>
> doesn't DWIM (though the current behavour, "do nothing", is
> logically correct).
Yeah, this was on #perl yesterday. I still say it makes sense as-is.
The conditionals aren't subtle, they simply ask "to execute or not to
execute?". In a:
do { something } unless .error;
you have two options: either the C<do { something }> executes, doing
"something", or the C<do> statement doesn't execute.
With a C<don't>, you'd have the same two options. Either the
C<don't { whatever} > executes, doing nothing, or the C<don't> doesn't
execute, still doing nothing, just a little bit sooner.
Allison
