note rinceWind <p>This is cool!</p> <p>Sadly, in most cases where I am doing conditionals, I am using optional hash keys with <code>exists</code>. Unfortunately, these would autovivify under <code>x!!</code>, which is an undesirable side effect. Ifs or ternaries work, but I can't see a way of stopping the autovivification with the "boolean list squash" operator. Can anybody suggest how to solve my variant?</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-144850"> <p><small>--<br /><br />Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?<br /> My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree.<br /> Your powers of persuasion will set them all free,<br /> So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? <br /> <em>(Missquoting Janis Joplin)</em></small></p> </div></div> 564792 564792