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Re: "or die" versus "|| die"by ysth (Canon) |
on Jun 24, 2005 at 15:33 UTC ( [id://469742]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
It's too easy to make precedence mistakes if you use the || variety for this kind of flow control. Witness later in that same faq: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq5.html#How-do-I-randomly-update-a-binary-file%3f the error in the line:
Rule of thumb: use || when you are actually using the result of the operation, otherwise use or.
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