required TRUE return value

Snippet, indeed! I've taken to incorporating this as the final line in my required files as the final TRUE return value, instead of the typical '1;'. Categorize this under quasi-useless.

do { 'not remove' };
[download]

Like I said, quasi-useless. =)

Comment on required TRUE return value Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: required TRUE return value by beppu (Hermit) on Jan 18, 2001 at 20:18 UTC
I try to be creative with the required true value at the end of modules. Some one's I (or one of my friends) have used are: "larry is my hero" 1337 42 "I feel an anti-pattern coming" Ok, they're not that creative, but ...the possibilities are endless. One unfortunate thing, though, is that doing a "perl -wc" on it will return a warning unless the final thing is a boring "1". This needs to be fixed, I think.	[reply]
Re: required TRUE return value by petral (Curate) on Jan 23, 2001 at 22:09 UTC
Not to put too fine a point on it, but it happens that your particular choice will return false if you forget the quotes! Personally, I've taken to leaving off the semi-colon, so any (most) following code would become an error. p	[reply]
Re: required TRUE return value by extremely (Priest) on Jan 19, 2001 at 05:35 UTC
Thanks to discussions on The Monastery Gates I've wound up using `\$a;` or even `"ig";`. These work even with `use strict` and `-w`. =) -- $you = new YOU; honk() if $you->love(perl)	[reply] [d/l] [select]