Re: Forgot variable syntax for $var = funct() or "Funct failed\n";

The other monks have answered your question; if you want to check precedence issues yourself, B::Deparse can be very useful:

$ perl -MO=Deparse    -e 'my $foo = somefunc() or "text"'
'???' unless my $foo = somefunc();
$ perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e 'my $foo = somefunc() or "text"'
((my $foo = somefunc()) or '???');
$ perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e 'my $foo = somefunc() || "text"'
(my $foo = (somefunc() || 'text'));
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