[tpm] Stupid question time!

[Adam Prime]

5.10 has defined or which isn't quite the same thing but you could 
achieve something like it with

my $bar = $foo // undef;

Adam

Shaun Fryer wrote:
> I often find myself doing things like this...
> 
> my $bar = $foo if $foo;
> 
> ...and I wish there were an assignment operator conditional on 
> right-hand truthiness. maybe...
> 
> my $bar ?= $foo; # as opposed to $bar ||= $foo;
> 
> Thoughts? Have I overlooked an existing operator? Is this just a bad idea?
> --
> Shaun Fryer
> 
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