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Re: ||= (poorly documented?)

by DrHyde (Prior)
on Jul 09, 2012 at 09:55 UTC ( [id://980682]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to ||= (poorly documented?)

You're almost right - ||= checks for *truth*, not definedness. Consider the case where $OUTFH{$name} == 0 - that is, it's defined but not true.

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