Re: Handling weird return values with or die

not system("zip -rq $target $project_root") or die "couldn't exec zip: $!"; reduces to die "couldn't exec zip: $!" if system ("zip -rq $target $project_root"); Might as well reduce the two keywords "not" and "or" to just one "if".

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Re: Re: Handling weird return values with or die by BrentDax (Hermit) on Jul 07, 2001 at 03:50 UTC
Except that breaks the principle of "put the most important thing first." `if(system("whatever")) { die "whatever else" }` doesn't, however... =cut --Brent Dax `@HPAJ=split("", "rekcaH lreP rentonA tsuJ"); print reverse @HPAJ; #sucky but who cares?` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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