Re^2: Assigning default values to function arguments which may be ďż˝emptyďż˝

That doesn't cover his case for the empty string to also be defaulted; so:

sub f {
    my $arg = defined $_[0] && length $_[0] ? shift : 'default';
}
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Re^3: Assigning default values to function arguments which may be ďż˝emptyďż˝ by Wyrdweaver (Beadle) on Aug 18, 2016 at 05:07 UTC
I'm experimenting with some variations based on ideas here and elsewhere (BTW, thanks for being so much friendlier than codereview.stackexchange.com! OMG, they are tightly wound). Thanks, again!	[reply]
Re^3: Assigning default values to function arguments which may be ďż˝emptyďż˝ by stevieb (Canon) on Aug 17, 2016 at 20:16 UTC
d'oh! Yeah, I completely missed the whole `empty` thing.	[reply] [d/l]