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do{die} vs. do{ die}

From:
Barrie Slaymaker
Date:
September 20, 2001 19:25
Subject:
do{die} vs. do{ die}
Message ID:
20010920222522.C1795@jester.slaysys.com
I've been trying to get decent line numbers out of perl in the middle of
list expressions.  Here's an oddity I found, any clues as to why the
space makes all the difference?

$ perl -e "print
>
>
>
> do{die}"
Died at -e line 1.
$ perl -e "print
>
>
>
> do{ die}"
Died at -e line 5.
$ perl -v

This is perl, v5.6.0 built for i686-linux
<snip>

- Barrie




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