in reply to Re^6: Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc
in thread Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc

I'm often using it for setting defaults before unpacking @_ which could have 0,1 or 2 arguments

Sure, that makes sense ;-) With "it doesn't make much sense here" I meant the specific example with fixed values.

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Re^8: Not understanding 2 sentences in perldoc
by LanX (Saint) on Jul 30, 2020 at 20:08 UTC
    I know you know, but I also know others don't know better.

    You know? ;)

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery