Re: Perl5 Language Extension: Definedness-Triggered Shortcut Operators

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Re^2: Perl5 Language Extension: Definedness-Triggered Shortcut Operators by afoken (Chancellor) on Mar 17, 2012 at 13:14 UTC
The defined-or operator, available since perl5.10, is an example of shortcut behaviour triggered on definedness and truth: If the left hand side is defined and true, leave it at that, otherwise evaluate the right hand side. Are you sure? The defined-or operator in my perls test only for definedness, not for truth: >perl -E '$x=undef; $y=$x // warn "RHS evaluated"; say $y' RHS evaluated at -e line 1. 1 >perl -E '$x=""; $y=$x // warn "RHS evaluated"; say $y' >perl -E '$x=0; $y=$x // warn "RHS evaluated"; say $y' 0 >perl -E '$x="true"; $y=$x // warn "RHS evaluated"; say $y' true >perl -E '$x=42; $y=$x // warn "RHS evaluated"; say $y' 42 >perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 12 subversion 3) configuration +: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.35.10, archname=x86_64-linux-thread-multi uname='linux midas64 2.6.35.10 #2 smp thu jan 6 19:06:19 cst 2011 +x86_64 amd athlon(tm) ii x2 235e processor authenticamd gnulinux ' config_args='-de -Dprefix=/usr -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dcccdlflags=-f +PIC -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dlibpth=/usr/local/lib64 /usr/lib64 /lib64 +-Doptimize=-O2 -fPIC -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Dpager=/usr/bin/less + -isr -Dinc_version_list=5.12.2 5.12.1 5.12.0 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8 +.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 5.8.4 5.8.3 5.8.2 5.8.1 5.8.0 -Darchname=x86_64-linux' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=und +ef use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing + -pipe -fstack-protector -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_ +FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64', optimize='-O2 -fPIC', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -f +stack-protector -I/usr/local/include' ccversion='', gccversion='4.5.2', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=1 +6 ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', + lseeksize=8 alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector' libpth=/usr/local/lib64 /usr/lib64 /lib64 libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc libc=/lib64/libc-2.12.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libpe +rl.a gnulibc_version='2.12.2' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -fPIC -fstack-protector +' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_64_ +BIT_ALL USE_64_BIT_INT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF USE_REENTRANT_API Built under linux Compiled at Jan 26 2011 12:39:46 %ENV: PERL_UNICODE="SDL" @INC: /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.12.3 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.12.3 /usr/lib64/perl5/5.12.3/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib64/perl5/5.12.3 /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl . [download] Read more... (4 kB) This is also consistent with the documentation of Perl 5.10.0: Although it has no direct equivalent in C, Perl's // operator is related to its C-style or. In fact, it's exactly the same as \|\|, except that it tests the left hand side's definedness instead of its truth. Thus, `$a // $b` is similar to `defined($a) \|\| $b` (except that it returns the value of `$a` rather than the value of `defined($a)`) and is exactly equivalent to `defined($a) ? $a : $b`. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Perl5 Language Extension: Definedness-Triggered Shortcut Operators by choroba (Cardinal) on Mar 17, 2012 at 13:00 UTC
I doubt it: `perl -E 'my $x = 0 ; say $x // "true" ' 0` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl5 Language Extension: Definedness-Triggered Shortcut Operators by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 17, 2012 at 13:20 UTC
And, explained by aaron_baugher, below: `C:\>perl -E "my $x = 0 ; say $x // 'true'; my $y = 1; say $y // 'true' +;$x = undef; my $a=$x // warn 'RHS evaluated'; say $a;" 0 1 RHS evaluated at -e line 1. 1` [download] updated.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Perl5 Language Extension: Definedness-Triggered Shortcut Operators by aaron_baugher (Curate) on Mar 17, 2012 at 13:49 UTC
Isn't this because the precedence makes it: `$x = undef; my $a=($x // warn 'RHS evaluated'); say $a;` [download] Since `$x` is not defined, `//` returns the right hand side, and the call to `warn` returns 1 (true) to report success. Aaron B. My Woefully Neglected Blog, where I occasionally mention Perl.	[reply] [d/l] [select]