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on Dec 16, 2000 at 02:09 UTC ( [id://46948]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Well, I warned you that it was an intentionally ambiguous
question. My answers are from what the source considers
different ways to start a scope, because I was playing
around with that sort of stuff recently.
So, so far we've got three correct answers. `eval STRING', a block, and a loop. Remember that `do' and `require' are really special cases of `eval STRING'. And yes, the source does distinguish between a loop and a block. There are four left which have yet to be named. I'll give you one more. This one is the last "easy" one, in that it's not completely surprising: `sub' starts a scope, and the source considers that different from a block. So there are three more out there. These ones, especially two of them, are completely obscure ways to start scopes. P.S. I too once knew the answer to the baseball question, but it's been too long. Base hit, walk, hit by pitch, dropped third strike, catcher's interference, fielder's choice, error. That's all I can think of, which is seven. My memory wants to say that a catcher's balk counts, but I think a catcher's balk has the same effect as a pitcher's balk. Hmm... -dlc
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