Re^2: Code blocks with ternary operator or trailing conditionals

in reply to Re: Code blocks with ternary operator or trailing conditionals
in thread Code blocks with ternary operator or trailing conditionals

perl -e 'print "hello\n" if 1'
hello
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vs.

perl -e '{print "hello\n"; print "bye\n"} if 1'
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
syntax error at -e line 1, near "if 1"
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And:

perl -e '1 ? print "hello1\n" : print "hello2\n" if 1'
hello1
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vs.

perl -e '1 ? {print "hello1\n"; print "bye1\n"} : {print "hello2\n"; p
+rint "bye2\n"}'
syntax error at -e line 1, near "; print"
syntax error at -e line 1, near ""bye2\n"}"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
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