Re^3: If I was forced to program in another language, the Perl language feature I would miss most would be:

in reply to Re^2: If I was forced to program in another language, the Perl language feature I would miss most would be:
in thread If I was forced to program in another language, the Perl language feature I would miss most would be:

I mainly use it for returning error cases (as I showed) and for things like alternative initiation of variables:

...
my($foo) = blah($yadda);
$foo     = barf->new()  unless $foo;
$foo     = gazonkly()   unless $foo;
return ERROR_CODE       if $foo < $boo;
...
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I am not exactly known for aesthetical good taste, but I like it. If you have a clearer way of writing things like that, please tell me.

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