I do sometimes write the constant first, because I want to reduce the amount of punctuation. If you write:

    foo $x, $y == 4
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then foo isn't called with arguments $x and $y. You'd need to write that as:

    foo ($x, $y) == 4
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Or

    4 == foo $x, $y
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And since == is a symmetric operation (assuming it's not overloaded), I don't feel strongly for the "topic first" argument. But I can see your point.

Abigail

And since == is a symmetric operation

Which is the reason I often put the constant first. Turning an == into an = accidentally results in a non symmetric operation which is illegal when the left side is a constant. Which helps catch silly mistakes that the compiler doesnt notice (like in the conditional part of a ternary op.)


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_{<Elian> And I do take a kind of perverse pleasure in having an OO assembly language...}

unless ($foo = 4) {
   ... argle blougat blopf ...
}
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unless (4 = $foo) {
   ... womble ...
}
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