in reply to Re: Un-obfuscate me
in thread Un-obfuscate me

I thought the _ underscore character in code was a cached alias for the last file test, i.e.
if (-f $file) { if (-s _ ) { ... } ... }

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Re: Re: Re: Un-obfuscate me
by chipmunk (Parson) on Dec 19, 2000 at 19:09 UTC
    Yes, that's true, a single underscore is a special filehandle for the filetest operators. But, when used in a non-filehandle context, it's just a bareword, like any other filehandle.
Re: Re: Re: Un-obfuscate me
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 19, 2000 at 22:09 UTC

    ...besides, we've been discussing two underscores...