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From: stef@zweig.sun (Stephane Payrard)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: potential small improvment concerning defined()
Message-ID: <STEF.91Mar25201228@zweig.sun>
Date: 26 Mar 91 04:12:28 GMT
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Distribution: comp.lang.perl
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$a=1;
$b='$a';
eval "print defined($b);"
#  print defined("$b");  # <====== I would like this expression to be
                         #     equivalent to the previous one instead
                         #     of causing a syntax error.
                         #     It would save me some evals


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