From: cjwatson <>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:58:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Re: Perl is strange
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Re: Perl is strange
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+Re: Perl is strange
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+<p><a href="http://www.df7cb.de/blog/2008/Perl_is_strange.html">Christoph</a>:
+That's because <code>=~</code> binds more tightly than <code>+</code>. This
+does what you meant:</p>
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+<pre>
+$ perl -le 'print "yoo" if (1 + 1) =~ /3/'
+</pre>
+
+<p>perlop(1) has a useful table of precedence.</p>