Re^2: last in a do while loop

Mmhh, I know this is just copy and pasted code, but it makes me wonder anyway - is it just me or is the code for the last example slightly strange?

LOOP: {
        do {
            last if $x = $y**2;
            # do something here
        } while $x++ <= $z;
}
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if $x = $y**2; why choose a confusing assignment instead of a normal comparison?
Why not the explicit last LOOP? I know that it works here without it all right but I don't see the benefit of labelling the block without using the label afterwards

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Re^3: last in a do while loop by davorg (Chancellor) on Nov 03, 2006 at 13:48 UTC
I was thinking exactly the same things as I was writing the post. I foresee a couple of patches being sent to the maintainers. -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply]