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in thread conditional self-execution

actually, __FILE__ is exactly the same thing in perl: a variable, a constant, or something else.

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Re^4: conditional self-execution
by apotheon (Deacon) on Jan 28, 2008 at 08:13 UTC
    exactly the same thing in perl

    When you misquote me ("something else" instead of what I actually said: "something to that effect"), that sure does seem like it's the case.

    print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
    		 - apotheon
    CopyWrite Chad Perrin

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      __FILE__ is exactly the same thing in perl: a variable, a constant, or something else.

      Except that it cannot be interpolated (not unreasonably).
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        "This string varies depending on @{[__FILE__]}."

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        Thus, it is not "something to that effect", but it is "something else".

        print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
        		 - apotheon
        CopyWrite Chad Perrin

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