in reply to Useless use of string in return statement

Try immediate-if:  return $result{'message'} ? $result{'message'} : "$result{'api-key'}:$result{'session'+}";

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Re^2: Useless use of string in return statement
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 13, 2021 at 15:06 UTC

    Every single line of code untenable…

    syntax error at - line 1, near "+}" Execution of - aborted due to compilation errors.
      Not to mention that return $a ? $a : $b; can always* be written as return $a || $b; ... which is exactly what tybalt already said.

      (*unless $a is tied.)
        Not to mention that return $a ? $a : $b; can always* be written as return $a || $b;

        Nitpick: $a and $b should not be understood as stand-ins for "anything", since @a || @b is not the same as @a ? @a : @b, since the former imposes scalar context on @a (and not on @b).