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1 until defined(getvalue()); return it;

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From:
David L. Nicol
Date:
May 30, 2001 10:42
Subject:
1 until defined(getvalue()); return it;
Message ID:
3B15302A.5E9916DD@kasey.umkc.edu





while pseudocoding something I realized that it would be really
cool if there was another magical default shelf, like $_  or _ but
subtly different, that stores, if lexically used, the object of the
most recent "defined" or "exists" --

or maybe even the most recently referred to scalar, just the way
"it" works in English.  "it" would change much more often than $_
does.






-- 
                      David Nicol 816.235.1187 dnicol@cstp.umkc.edu
                                                     # die smiling;
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