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Mark-Jason Dominus
Date:
November 14, 2000 09:39
Subject:
Why "" for false?
Message ID:
20001114173847.2703.qmail@plover.com
Prior to Perl 5.000, the return value from the == operator was 1 for
true and 0 for false.
Starting in Perl 5.000, the resturn value for false comparisons was no
longer 0; it was instead "".
Does anyone remember why this change was made?
Mark-Jason Dominus mjd@plover.com
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