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That's because it isn't available in the default perl 5.8.8: 
> perl -Mstrict -w -e'my $f;  print ($f // "something\n")'
print (...) interpreted as function at -e line 1.
Search pattern not terminated at -e line 1.

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Re^5: complaint: always testing defined()
by parv (Parson) on Nov 02, 2007 at 13:55 UTC
    Thanks for the clue. I did not realize that the defined-or patch is unconditionally applied these days to Perl 5.8.8 port (as in FreeBSD lang/perl5.8 port).
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