Re: oops, continuing ``Re: [FWP] RFC''

[Steve Lane <sml@zfx.com>]

Jeff Pinyan wrote:
> >for (($ARGV[0]..$ARGV[1]) || 0) {
> 
> (EXPR .. EXPR) in scalar context is the flip-flop operator.  And I highly
> doubt $_ =~ /$ARGV[0]/.  So that is ALWAYS for (0) { ... }.

i think you're thinking that the flip-flop implies a pattern
match.  it doesn't.  if $ARGV[0] is true, the loop will be
for (1) { ... }.
--
Steve Lane <sml@zfx.com>

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