On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 21:27:48 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:

> Michael G Schwern <schwern@[...].com> writes:

> 

> > so if $key does not exist you'll get 'some default' instead of undef.

> 

> Except that a more common case is

> 

>   my $foo = $hash{foo} || 'some default';

>   my $bar = $hash{bar} || 'some other default';


What about zero.

Oh, wait, we're back at that "??" discussion again.

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	Bart.