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sub equalOrBothNull
{
...
   ((defined($a) && defined($b) && $a==$b) ||
    (!defined($a) && !defined($b));
}

not defined($a) && not defined($b)

$ perl -MO=Deparse -e'not defined($a) && not defined($b)'
not defined $a && !defined($b);
-e syntax OK