[VPM] Oh...

[Peter Scott]

At 11:11 PM 8/17/2004, abez wrote:
>brian d foy gave this example in the Perl Review v.1.0
>
>instead of
>
>my $pie = "";
>if (..) { $pie = 1; }
>elsif (..) { $pie = 2; }
>elsif (..) { $pie = 4; }
>elsif (..) { $pie = 8; }
>
>You could do...
>
>my $pie = do {
>         if (..) { 1 }
>         elsif (..) { 2 }
>         elsif (..) { 4 }
>         elsif (..) { 8 }
>}
>
>saves typing..

Damian Conway in his "Perl Best Practices" presentation recommends:

$pie = .. ? 1
      : .. ? 2
      : .. ? 4
      :      8;

Change indentation to suit.


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