Re^3: Can't happen bug follow-up -- Can an if/else be bypassed?

[why_bird]

$_ = <<'}';

Eh? That's the left shift operator, right? How does that code work?

from perlop:

'Binary "<<" returns the value of its left argument shifted left by the number of bits specified by the right argument. Arguments should be integers.'

but how does it let you fiddle with the if..else statement? (I'm not very good at 'non-obvious' code..)

thanks! why_bird