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in thread Perverse Unreadable Code

&doSomething if ($var);

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This was the construct that tripped me up the most, along with its brother unless, when being brainwashed coming over to perl.
the typical 
if ($foo) {
   ...
   ...
}

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sets the reader up -- he knows something might happen, but if he's unfamiliar with the alternate synax, that fact might pass him by. The end result is that I read code a little more thoroughly, and I've gotten used to it, so I guess it's not a total loss.

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