[tpm] Stupid question time!

[Dave Doyle]

the "not" operator is a more loosely binding version of !

because && is stronger the first statement would evaluate as

not ($foo && ($bar ne "") )

If you use ! instead of not both statements would be equivalent.

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On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Madison Kelly <linux at alteeve.com> wrote:

> What is the difference between:
>
> if (not $foo && $bar ne "") {}
> if ((not $foo) && ($bar ne "")) {}
>
> I assumed it was mainly an aesthetic/readability thing, but I realize that
> no, it's logically different. Thanks for enlightening me?
>
> Madi
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