> So, yeah, it's not very useful, especially given the scope issue.

Why? You can still declare a variable in the head-clause!

$\="\n";
while (my $x= < 1 2 3 4 >) {     # using glob as iterator
  next if $x%2;
  print "$x: chacha" 
} continue {
  print "$x: rumba"
}
print $x;

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output 

1: rumba
2: chacha
2: rumba
3: rumba
4: chacha
4: rumba
Use of uninitialized value $x in print at /home/lanx/tmp/continue.pl l
+ine 8.

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it's treating blocks consistently, which is a big plus in Perl! 8)

Cheers Rolf

In reply to Re^2: while(){}continue{}; Useful? (Consistent!) by LanX
in thread while(){}continue{}; Useful? by BrowserUk

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