[Pdx-pm] Not a syntax error?
Steve Bonds
9nn24e402 at sneakemail.com
Mon May 2 16:22:10 PDT 2005
On 5/2/05, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> Think of it like this.
>
> my $return_from_exit = exit 1;
> print "This is a line without a semicolon\n". $return_from_exit;
>
> The arguments to a function are evaluated *before* the function is
> executed. Thus exit(1) happens before print but since exit ends the
> program the print never happens.
Ah, yes. This makes sense now. Thanks for the quick clarifications!
-- Steve
More information about the Pdx-pm-list
mailing list