Re^5: Understanding the benefit of Given/When ...

[JavaFan]

Which means you can have your continue block - just spell given as for - you'd save 2 keystrokes as well.

[LanX]

which should also mean that one can mix when andif/unless within a for-block -one would save keystroke for continue and next statements! 8)

[JavaFan]

You can put whatever code you want between various when blocks. You can also have more than one default - a default is just a when with a condition that's always true:

my @test = qw [abc def ghi xyz jkl mno];

for (@test) {
    say "Testing '$_'";
    when (/abc/) {say "    Got 'abc'"; continue}
    say "  After when /abc/";
    when (/def/) {say "    Got 'def'"; next;}
    say "  After when /def/";
    when (/ghi/) {say "    Got 'ghi'";}
    say "  After when /ghi/";
    when (/jkl/) {say "    Got 'jkl'"; last;}
    say "  After when /jkl/";
    default {say "    Default 1"; continue}
    say "  After first default";
    default {say "    Default 2";}
    say "  After second default"
}
continue {
    say "    Continue for '$_'";
}

__END__
Testing 'abc'
    Got 'abc'
  After when /abc/
  After when /def/
  After when /ghi/
  After when /jkl/
    Default 1
  After first default
    Default 2
    Continue for 'abc'
Testing 'def'
  After when /abc/
    Got 'def'
    Continue for 'def'
Testing 'ghi'
  After when /abc/
  After when /def/
    Got 'ghi'
    Continue for 'ghi'
Testing 'xyz'
  After when /abc/
  After when /def/
  After when /ghi/
  After when /jkl/
    Default 1
  After first default
    Default 2
    Continue for 'xyz'
Testing 'jkl'
  After when /abc/
  After when /def/
  After when /ghi/
    Got 'jkl'

[LanX]

What I meant was that phrase in the docs to for/when:

On exit from the when  block, there is an implicit next.

so you can use a simple if where you wanted to write  when () { ...; continue} and vice versa you can write when where you wanted to write if () {...; next} ! (as long you don't need the implicit smart match)

In other words: This next in your code

...
    say "  After when /abc/";
    when (/def/) {say "    Got 'def'"; next;}
    say "  After when /def/";
...

is a tautology...