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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: return from main
Message-ID: <9859@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 8 Oct 90 16:42:11 GMT
References: <106927@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <106927@convex.convex.com> tchrist@convex.Com (Tom Christiansen) writes:
: Trying to return from main causes an error message.
: 
: perl -e 'return 1'
: Bad label: _SUB_ at /tmp/perl-e025554 line 1.
: 
: I would like to see a return from main to be the 
: same as exit, just as it is in C.

Why?  Using "return" when you mean "exit" does not enhance readability.

: In any event, it shouldn't complain about a Bad Label.
: 
: --tom
: 
: ps: I'm at Patchlevel 18.

Obviously.  This was "fixed" in patch 19.  It now says

    Can't return outside a subroutine at /tmp/perl-e025554 line 1.

Larry