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what gets really passed is $errors
Why? I would expect the result of the && operation to be passed.
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Re^7: Perl bug ?
by tinita (Parson) on Feb 06, 2013 at 13:25 UTC
    I would expect the result of the && operation to be passed.
    yes, and the result of something_false && something is something_false. the second part is never processed.
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      Oh, I see! Thanks for enlightening me.
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        Maybe the confusing thing is, that not the value of $errors is the result (undef), but $errors itself, so it will be used as an alias to the subroutine. (maybe that wasn't expressed correctly but I hope it's clear what I mean)
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      Now I get it, thanks. Agree. That's probably most amazing way to shut yourself 3 times in one line of Perl.
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