Re: [FWP] Delayed semantical interpretation

[merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "Rubinow" == Rubinow, Larry <Larry.Rubinow@westgroup.com> writes:

Rubinow> Um ... how about

Rubinow> 	do $file;

Rubinow> Technically not an eval ...

Technically yes an eval. :)

       do EXPR Uses the value of EXPR as a filename and executes
               the contents of the file as a Perl script.  Its
               primary use is to include subroutines from a Perl
               subroutine library.

                   do 'stat.pl';

               is just like

                   scalar eval `cat stat.pl`;

               except that it's more efficient and concise, keeps
               track of the current filename for error messages,
               searches the @INC libraries, and updates %INC if
               the file is found. [...]

Looks like an eval to me.

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