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> f($x, $y //= 1, $z = 2) # $y is optional parameter
This is an intermediate case. To a caller $y is optional, but $y
must have undef value either explicitly or implicitly to trigger the
assignment, $z must not accept argument at all to get assigned. I would
call $y semi-optional :)
> I think //= and ||= should be consistently either mandatory or optional,
> and not vary based on context.
I think that it doesn't matter whether a parameter is mandatory or
optional. //= and ||= operators work by checking a value. It's a
conditional assignment to a variable that must already have a value to
be examined. It is a nice feature to have, a convenient shortcut, which
now works only in case of optional parameters.
If it can't be done, it's okay. I can write the check explicitly (as
usual :)):
sub foo ($x, $y, $z) { $y //= 42 }
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Ivan Vorontsov <ivrntsv@yandex.ru>
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