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On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 01:39:25PM -0400, Ricardo Signes wrote:
> * 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 { $_ == 1 } { ... }
But by the definition above, that is equivalent to
if ($_ =~ ($_ == 1)) {...; break }
On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 02:47:47PM -0400, Eric Brine wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Dave Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com> wrote:
> > If so, how does one write something functionally equivalent to when(1)
> > now?
> >
>
> You need a helper that returns an object that overrides smartmatch.
>
> when (num(1))
I guess this is the correct answer. In which case, yuck. We seem to have
thrown the baby out with the bath water :-(.
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