in reply to Should I fear eval? (want to do two things on the left side of an if/unless)

Why not just use the more traditional "if/unless" construct?

unless ($type eq 'newer' || $type eq 'older') {
  print "bad type\n";
  print "blee\n";
}

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Alternatively, you could use "do":

do { print "bad type\n"; print "blee\n"; }
  unless ($type eq 'newer' || $type eq 'older');

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"eval" is completely inappropriate in this instance. You shouldn't fear using "eval" - just abusing it :-:

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