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Re^3: regular expressions with !by Nkuvu (Priest) |
on Sep 14, 2006 at 18:46 UTC ( [id://572975]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Don't use unless; it makes it too easy to misunderstand code. I dislike overgeneralizations like this, personally. The following code is perfectly clear: do_something() unless $big_honkin_error; I'm not saying that you can't avoid unless and make the code still clear, of course: do_something() if not $big_honkin_error: but the unless version is just fine. I wouldn't use unless at the beginning of a condition, however. But that's related to putting the important parts at the beginning of the statement as per perlstyle recommendations. Specifically:
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