> What do you mean by 'analyze'? If you want to analyze the conditional > first, that's fine; it's certainly how Perl executes the code. That is not > how the code ahs to be written, however. > Exactly my point. We all know the conditional expression is processed first. I see no benefit in not writing it that way. I consider it a useless use of having MTOWTDI, but I'm not on a crusade here. I think its FWP but think that most do not. So I'll let this thread wither. ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org