[Dancer-users] Dancer::MIME return value

thecrux at gmail.com thecrux at gmail.com
Mon Oct 31 16:08:48 CET 2011


On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:47:59AM -0400, Naveed Massjouni wrote:
...
> >> $ perl -c -Ilib  lib/Dancer/Core/MIME.pm ; echo $?
> >> Useless use of a constant (42) in void context at lib/Dancer/Core/MIME.pm
> >> line 77.
> >> 255
> >>
> 
> I don't understand. All modules are required to end with a true value.
> Usually, it is 1; but 42; should be fine. What am I missing?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1860869/what-are-valid-perl-module-return-values/1864035#1864035

"The danger of using the return value, aside from obfuscation, is that it
only works once."

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