Re: [FWP] Testing list?

[Uri Guttman <uri@sysarch.com>]

>>>>> "PS" == Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com> writes:

  PS> I do take your point, but it isn't an argument for ||= on arrays being 
  PS> either undesirable or impossible, merely difficult.

what is wrong with just this:

	@a = ( 1,2,3 ) unless @a ;

very simple and clean. no need for ||= to work with arrays. note that i
like the idea of ?? as has been proposed since putting a defined in all
the time is more of a pain. i can't think of ever wanting ||= to do
this.

uri

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