Hi, (you see from the title I did a search on the issue, but obfuscated code wasnīt the answer :-))

from time to time the following happens to sneak into my code. Itīs easy: Just flipflop a boolean value. 

        if($debug eq FALSE) { 
        $debug = TRUE;
        } else { 
        $debug = FALSE;
        }

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Canīt say why, but this seems unelegant to me. Is there any (or more) more elegant way to do this?

Oh and BTW: Why doesnīt he accept TRUE or FALSE if "use strict" is .. err ... used?

Yeah and while I am at it. Why does one need "eq"? Isnīt true/false a numerical value? Guess Iīm thinking C again...

Ciao

In reply to Flip Flop IV by PetaMem

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