in reply to RE: Re: require problems
in thread require problems

Well, I fail to see how the string "0 but true" is any more special than "any true value will do".

They're both simply strings that interpolate in a boolean context to true

how about:

0 . "true";

for something ever so slightly more "evil"...

(c8=

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RE: RE: RE: Re: require problems
by merlyn (Sage) on Sep 19, 2000 at 22:12 UTC
    Well, I fail to see how the string "0 but true" is any more special than "any true value will do".
    Your failure to see it doesn't mean it's not more special. See other posts in this thread.

    Hint: turn on warnings.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker