Over the last 20 years, I have seen this construct written in the very perlish manner of : 

$cell || next;

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which is the same as:

$cell or next;

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The explanation that I have "heard" in the past is that this performed faster than other functionally equivalent alternatives. I have always been skeptical of this POV and too lazy to actually test it

I personally like the way next unless $cell reads for loop control and often use this construct. In general, I am not a big fan of unless and general use If ( not $cell ) with the exception of loop control. My rationale behind this is that I think it is easier to read and comprehend for someone who comes behind me to maintain any code that I have created. Please note the use of belief here. I do not purport that to be a fact.

lbe

In reply to Re^2: next unless condition by learnedbyerror
in thread next unless condition by hankcoder

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