Re^7: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less?

in reply to Re^6: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less?
in thread Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less?

So are we admitting that this is a poor interview question?

This behavior of my is a fact. Precisely because of this fact, it's a good interview question. Knowing where the cracks in the armor lie is just as important as wearing the armor in the first place.

-QM
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Re^8: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less? by itub (Priest) on Sep 16, 2005 at 05:34 UTC
Combining my with if/unless often leads to buggy behavior and is definitely not a "best practice". Things like the strange behavior of `my $x if 0` (which is often used for "tricks") have been deprecated since 5.9.1 and will be removed eventually.	[reply] [d/l]

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