in reply to Setting defaults in subroutines

`perldoc perlop'
C:\>perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e"die $a or $b" (die($a) or $b); -e syntax OK C:\>perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e"die $a || $b" die(($a || $b)); -e syntax OK C:\>

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.