in reply to Re: fun(?) with +=
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I'd write that as: 
    $foo = @ARGV ? 1 : shift;

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which, IMO, gives a clearer message that '1' the default if no arguments are given.

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Re^3: fun(?) with +=
by Rhose (Priest) on Jan 03, 2005 at 16:35 UTC
    Do you mean that you'd write it as:

    $foo = @ARGV ? shift : 1;

    (I think you may have the 1 and shift switched.)

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