hmmm.. what am I doing wrong here? (perl, v5.8.0 built for i686-linux)

]$ perl -wMstrict -e"if( my($test) = 0 ) { print 'Passed'; } else { pr
+int 'Failed'; }"
Can't declare stub in "my" at -e line 1, near ") ="
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

]$ perl -wMstrict -e"if( my($test) = '' ) { print 'Passed'; } else { p
+rint 'Failed'; }"
Can't declare stub in "my" at -e line 1, near ") ="
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

]$ perl -wMstrict -e"if( my($test) = undef ) { print 'Passed'; } else 
+{ print 'Failed'; }"
Can't declare stub in "my" at -e line 1, near ") ="
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

]$ perl -wMstrict -e "if( my $test = undef ) { print 'Passed'; } else 
+{ print 'Failed'; }"
syntax error at -e line 1, near "my  ="
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

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I had to swap "/' to get it to run..

]$ perl -wMstrict -e 'if( my ($test) = undef ) { print "Passed"; } els
+e { print "Failed"; }'
Passed

]$ perl -wMstrict -e 'if( my $test = undef ) { print "Passed"; } else 
+{ print "Failed"; }'
Failed

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cheers,

J

In reply to Re: Can you guess the result? Is it a bug? by edoc
in thread Can you guess the result? Is it a bug? by BrowserUk

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