Re: [FWP] From the Perl Conference 3.0 Perl quiz (1)

[Chaim Frenkel <chaimf@pobox.com>]

Sorry, I can't reproduce it here.

	} BEGIN {
	@ARGV = <*m*>;

Unmatched right bracket at /tmp/q.pl line 1, at end of line
syntax error at /tmp/q.pl line 1, near "}"
Execution of /tmp/q.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

You must have left out something. Like a command line switch?

<chaim>

>>>>> "VB" == Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com> writes:

VB> If you're gonna reply with a spoiler, mark it a spoiler.
VB> If you were there, don't jump in so fast :-)

VB> Here's the code... this is it... just these two lines.
VB> Why doesn't this generate a syntax error?

VB>     } BEGIN {
VB>       @ARGV = <*m*>;

VB> Or, as Jon Orwant said - there were no modules in use, no other lines in
VB> the script. A print statement inserted anywhere, before or after or between
VB> these two lines would print.

VB> What _is_ the single unshown thing that makes this work without a syntax
VB> error? (and how?)

VB> This amused me... (I amuse easily).
VB> If you do put in those print statements,

VB>    print "hello, ";
VB>    } BEGIN {
VB>      @ARGV = <*m*>;
VB>    print "world\n";

VB> what do you get? and why?


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