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From:
Ricardo Signes
Date:
October 6, 2015 17:39
Subject:
Re: smartmatch needs your eyes
Message ID:
20151006173925.GA27535@cancer.codesimply.com
* Dave Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> [2015-10-06T12:03:30]
> So for final clarity, is
> 
>     when (EXPR) {...}
> 
> intended to always be exactly equal to 
> 
>    if ($_ =~ EXPR) {...; break }

Yes.

> If so, how does one write something functionally equivalent to when(1)
> now?

when { $_ == 1 } { ... }

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rjbs
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