in reply to Re^2: Unconventional exit from while loop
in thread Unconventional exit from while loop

> ... renders that while loop condition test redundant, ... only one of which can ever be false.

Nope, the while loop condition exits on empty lists and your code doesn't do the same thing.

Try returning an empty array ref [].

see also Re: Unconventional exit from while loop

Cheers Rolf

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Re^4: Unconventional exit from while loop
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 26, 2013 at 14:19 UTC

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