Re: looking for a good idiom: return this if this is true

Not really any better, but there is:

$rv = thatsubroutine()
   and return $rv;
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Re^2: looking for a good idiom: return this if this is true by merlyn (Sage) on Mar 05, 2005 at 19:38 UTC
The trouble is that you can't add a "my" there. You can't use "my $foo" and "$foo" in the same statement, because the "my" isn't in effect until the next statement. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]