Re: scope of my $x in if statements

How about this readable alternative ? :

if( my $x = $_ = f()  and g($_) )   {....}
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and if you REALLY need to modify $x inside g():

if($_ = \(my $x = f()) and $$_  and g($$_) )
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Update: While I agree with ikegami's assessment below that this is not good practice, I maintain that this IS a solution to the problem posted by the O.P.

..to maintain is to slowly feel your soul, sanity and sentience ebb away as you become one with the Evil.

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Re^2: scope of my $x in if statements by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 07, 2009 at 22:21 UTC
Clobbering your caller's `$_` is bad (even in everyday scenarios), so you need to add `local`. When you do, you end up with the same problem and nothing is solved.	[reply] [d/l] [select]