[Melbourne-pm] Important whitespace

[Alfie John]

When in doubt, B::Deparse :)

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[06/10/12 21:46:02] ~/
$ perl -MO=Deparse,p -e '$a=10; $b=20; print $a+$b'
$a = 10;
$b = 20;
print $a + $b;
-e syntax OK

[06/10/12 21:46:29] ~/
$ perl -MO=Deparse,p -e '$a=10; $b=20; print $a +$b'
$a = 10;
$b = 20;
print $a $b;
-e syntax OK

[06/10/12 21:47:54] ~/
$

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Alfie

On 12/10/2006, at 8:03 PM, Sisyphus wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacinta Richardson" <jarich at perltraining.com.au>
> To: "Sisyphus" <sisyphus1 at optusnet.com.au>
> Cc: "Melbourne Perlmongers" <melbourne-pm at pm.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 7:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Melbourne-pm] Important whitespace
>
>
>> Sisyphus wrote:
>>
>>> Heh ... you been perusing perlmonks SOPW, too ? (
>>> http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=577561 )
>>
>> Ah, so that's where it originated.  I encountered it on another  
>> list where
>> someone was asking for more information.
>>
>
> It didn't get properly explained in that node on perlmonks, afaict.
>
> I must confess that I can't provide the explanation .... and I'm  
> not game to
> seek explanation for fear of not understanding the answer :-)
>
> I think it's something I've encountered (and understood) before,  
> but I'm not
> altogether sure about that.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
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