Well, $pass is an object, and it must not stringify in the $password eq $pass clause. Is there a method like $pass->text or $pass->value you can compare against instead?

On a side note (and you may very well have done this just for debugging), don't use "yes", "no", and "n/a" for boolean values .. you lose the ability to say if($ok) and you also introduce string comparison and the potential for error/typos/maintenance that that brings.. 
my $ok;  # it's undef
if( ... ){ # going to actually set it
  $ok = $password eq $pass ? 1 : 0
}
...
if($ok){
  # do good stuff
}
...
if(!$ok){
  # if failed for any reason
}
...
if(defined $ok && !$ok){
  # if set to false
}
...
if(! defined $ok){
  # if unset
}
...
printf "Status: %s\n", (defined $ok ? ($ok?'yes':'no') : 'n/a');

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In reply to Re: pops, shifts and eqs by davidrw
in thread pops, shifts and eqs by barrycarlyon

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