Re^5: return +0


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Re^5: return +0

by goibhniu (Hermit)

on Nov 27, 2007 at 18:31 UTC ( [id://653327]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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And just to close the logic loop (++DrHyde and lidden, btw), this leading plus helps the parser evaluate all those numbers into a single value before printing.

$ perl -e 'print +(2+3)/5'
1
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So I assume the author of the code the OP was reading thought there might be some ambiguity and wanted to help the parse out with that return statement.

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