Um, you're missing something, too. Take the code:

if ( 0 ) {
    warn "a";
} elsif (1) {
    warn "b";
} else {
    warn "c";
}
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You will see this execution:

main::(/tmp/foo:12):    if ( 0 ) {
  DB<1> n
main::(/tmp/foo:15):        warn "b";
  DB<1> n
b at /tmp/foo line 15.
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So in an elsif chain, you always see just the first condition, not the first matching condition as your post states.

20040725 Edit by ysth: correct <code> to </code>