Re^6: Correct idiom for default parameters

[LanX]

well, thats not the result I get:

sub defaults { 
    my( $p1, $p2, $p3) = map{ defined $_[0] ? shift : $_ }( 1, 2, 3 );
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    print "p1:$p1; p2:$p2; p3:$p3\n"; 
};;
 
defaults('a', undef, 'c');

p1:a; p2:2; p3:3

$p3 ne 'c'

the first undef value omits the shift, all following parameters will be replaced by defaults! You need an explicit shift after the colon!

[BrowserUk]

Arg! You're right. I tried it against my 5.10 version, because it was sitting there at the command prompt:

sub test{ 
    my($p1,$p2,$p3) = map shift // $_,(1,2,3); 
    print "p1:$p1; p2:$p2; p3:$p3"; 
};;

[0] Perl> test();;
p1:1; p2:2; p3:3

[0] Perl> test( 'a', 'b', 'c' );;
p1:a; p2:b; p3:c

[0] Perl> test( 'a', , 'c' );;
p1:a; p2:c; p3:3

[0] Perl> test( 'a', undef, 'c' );;
p1:a; p2:2; p3:c