Re: [FWP] 4294967295

[Rick Delaney <rick.delaney@home.com>]

Brian L. Matthews wrote:
> 
> $myEmail = ~ s/%40/@/g;
> 
> is being interpreted by perl as:
> 
> 1. Change %40 to @ everywhere in $_.
> 2. Bit-wise negate the (scalar) result.
> 3. Assign the result of step 2 to $myEmail.
> 
> It's step 1 that's causing the read-only complaint (as it should), not step
> 2 (as it shouldn't).

OK, now it's fun again, except for me.  I think I bruised my hand when I
slapped my forehead.

But now I don't get why $_ should ever be read-only.  What is the
purpose of this?  Does this mean I can't do fun stuff like 

   $total_replacements = s/$foo/$bar/g + s/$bar/$baz/g;

anymore?

-- 
Rick Delaney
rick.delaney@home.com

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