But what does 'return' evaluate to?
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$ perldoc -f return
       return EXPR
       return  Returns from a subroutine, "eval", or "do FILE" with th
+e value
               given in EXPR.  Evaluation of EXPR may be in list, scal
+ar, or
               void context, depending on how the return value will be
+ used,
               and the context may vary from one execution to the next
+ (see
               "wantarray").  If no EXPR is given, returns an empty li
+st in
               list context, the undefined value in scalar context, an
+d (of
               course) nothing at all in a void context.

               (Note that in the absence of an explicit "return", a
               subroutine, eval, or do FILE will automatically return 
+the
               value of the last expression evaluated.)

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In reply to Re^5: 'return:' instead of 'return' by JavaFan
in thread 'return:' instead of 'return' by Boldra

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