in reply to Re^5: Useless use of string in return statement
in thread Useless use of string in return statement

nor would it be necessary for the point (i.e. the OP's problem).

True, but if you're going to be nitpicky and mention tied variables, then better go all the way ;-)

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Re^7: Useless use of string in return statement
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 13, 2021 at 16:34 UTC

    If we're going to get that nick-picky, then I'll point out that $a and $b cannot be stand-ins for "anything" ... since they are scalars. So you were jousting at stars that never felt a wound.

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      I'll point out that $a and $b cannot be stand-ins for "anything"

      I chose my wording "should not be understood" carefully: it's a clarification for any reader for whom the distinction between $a || $b and @a || @b may be unclear. And maybe you missed the smiley at the end of my post above.

      So you were jousting at stars [concern-trolling] that never felt a wound.

      Says the anonymous poster making insults... he who lives in a glass house.

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        a clarification for any reader for whom the distinction between $a || $b and @a || @b may be unclear.

        I think even sundial knows the difference. XD

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