Ed Perry wrote: > > I agree with premise (important stuff first) but not the conclusion > (action is more important than the condition). > > Regardless of what camel suggests the condition is more important: That's a mighty sweeping generalization you're making there. I don't think you can categorically say the condition is always more important. Many times in my code I have lines like this: $activity_log->dump() if $debug; or: $activity_log->dump() if -t STDIN; The condition is NOT more important in cases like this. John Porter ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org