Re^2: What the heck does "tests->{$stype} ||= {};" do?

... the 2 lines in question could be restated, IMCO without losing (maybe even introducing) clarity, to:

my %tests = %{$tests->{$stype} || {}};
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A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))

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Re^3: What the heck does "tests->{$stype} \|\|= {};" do? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 20, 2008 at 11:23 UTC
That's not equivalent. In your code, `$tests->{$stype}` is never assigned anything. But it's probably better. Assigning to `$tests->{$stype}` was probably a side-effect.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: What the heck does "tests->{$stype} \|\|= {};" do? by Bloodnok (Vicar) on Sep 20, 2008 at 13:34 UTC
Thanx for that ikegami, - as usual you've spotted the deliberate mistake ;-) A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))	[reply]