Using "1;" is as readable as a comment to me and most others

Why bother using 1? I mean the requirement is only that whatever is used evaluates as true, thus much more interesting and entertaining are possible. From Carp::Assert by Schwern 

return q|You don't just EAT the largest turnip in the world!|;

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From Tie::Cycle and Tie::FlipFlop by abigail 
"Tie::Cycle";
"End of Tie::FlipFlop";

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And I'm sure there are lots more examples... :-)

As to samtregar I have to say that your use of Cargo Cult in this context wasn't well thought through. Thats like saying that putting in a trailing comma in your arguments lists or hash declarations or using a semicolon on the last statement of a block or any of the other unecessary things that perl allows you to do in the interest of minimizing errors in the long term are Cargo Cult programming. And I just cant see you arguing that point :-)

Yves / DeMerphq
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Writing a good benchmark isnt as easy as it might look.
<super>Edited: removed unintentionally confrontational wording.</super>

In reply to Re: Re(5): How to end a Perl script by demerphq
in thread How to end a Perl script by belize

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