Re^2: Two simple code style advice questions

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It strikes me that, as a pattern, 2b works for all values of True, while 2a does not.

What does that mean?

I think they both work for all values of true, even if it isn't clear what you mean by that

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Re^3: Two simple code style advice questions by choroba (Cardinal) on Jan 16, 2013 at 14:12 UTC
It probably means "Using '`... x condition`' is not always safe": `say $_ ? "true" : "false", "a" x $_ for 0, 1, "0e0";` [download] لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Two simple code style advice questions by Anonymous Monk on Jan 16, 2013 at 14:20 UTC
Now what do you mean by that? What is it that you expect and how is it unsafe?	[reply]
Re^5: Two simple code style advice questions by Anonymous Monk on Jan 16, 2013 at 14:37 UTC
The issue is that the code relies on true being represented by numeric one. While that works for numeric comparisons, it is not a safe assumption in general. So applying this construct to other kinds of tests could be dangerous.	[reply]
Re^3: Two simple code style advice questions by Anonymous Monk on Jan 16, 2013 at 18:13 UTC
While choroba's example is elegantly expresses what I was getting at, I'd also like to point out other True values, like 3, 5 or, more entertainingly, MAXINT. >;^)	[reply]
Re^4: Two simple code style advice questions by Anonymous Monk on Jan 16, 2013 at 18:18 UTC
Well, repeat operator repeats a number of times, its repeat operator, if you want to repeat at most once, force !!boolean	[reply]

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