Re: search always returns an iterator

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On 5/5/05, Dana Hudes <dhudes@xxxxxx.xxxx> wrote:
> @models =3D (Webcontent::Tables::Model->search(%model_node))||die "model =
not found";
>=20
> above copied and pasted from my code.

In the above case, the || has higher precedence than the =3D, so the
line effectively evaluates like this:

@models =3D ( (Webcontent::Tables::Model->search(%model_node)) || die
"model not );

And hence the || is what forces scalar context.

If you used the 'or' operator instead like I mentioned in my post
above, it ends up evaluating like this:

( @models =3D Webcontent::Tables::Model->search(%model_node) ) or die
"model not );

This is because '=3D' has higher precedence than 'or'.  See the perlop
manpage for more info on operator precedence.

- Cees