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IlyaM (2933)

IlyaM
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Tuesday July 15, 2003
09:07 AM

There is always something new to learn

[ #13461 ]
Today I learned a variation of HERE-docs syntax I didn't know about before:

print <<;
text text text
text text text

print <<'';
text text text
text text text

I always thought that a stop word is required in HERE-docs.


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  • That first one sure looks weird. I can't justify calling it a bug, but perldata clearly states

    Following a << you specify a string to terminate the quoted material ...
    While I could argue that '' is a legitimate string, I can't say the same for. (See that null string just before the period?)
    • It is documented in perlop:
      Following a "<<" you specify a string to terminate the quoted material, and all lines following the current line down to the terminating string are the value of the item. .... There must be no space between the "<&lt" and the identifier, unless the identifier is quoted. (If you put a space it will be treated as a null identifier, which is valid, and matches the first empty line.)
      --

      Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/ [martynov.org])

  • Try print and print if you want to be explicit about interpolation. I saw this done once in production code, and I took it out.
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