=over 4
-=item * When branching, each branch is considered equally possible.
+=item *
+
+When branching, each branch is considered equally possible.
For example, the subroutine
it is considered to return C<3> scalars with probability C<1/2>, C<2> with probability C<1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4> and C<1> (when the two tests fail, the last computed value is returned, which here is C<< $x > 0.9 >> evaluated in the scalar context of the test) with remaining probability C<1/4>.
-=item * The total probability law for a given returning point is the convolution product of the probabilities of its list elements.
+=item *
+
+The total probability law for a given returning point is the convolution product of the probabilities of its list elements.
As such,
never returns C<1> argument but returns C<2> with probability C<1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4>, C<3> with probability C<1/2 * 1/2 + 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/2> and C<4> with probability C<1/4> too.
-=item * If a core function may return different numbers of scalars, each kind is considered equally possible.
+=item *
+
+If a core function may return different numbers of scalars, each kind is considered equally possible.
For example, C<stat> returns C<13> elements on success and C<0> on error. The according probability will then be C<< { 0 => 0.5, 13 => 0.5 } >>.
-=item * The C<list> state is absorbing in regard of all the other ones.
+=item *
+
+The C<list> state is absorbing in regard of all the other ones.
This is just a pedantic way to say that "list + fixed length = list".
That's why
my ($self, $op) = @_;
$op = $op->first while $op->flags & OPf_KIDS;
- return undef, 0 if null $op;
- if (name($op) eq 'pushmark') {
- $op = $op->sibling;
- return undef, 0 if null $op;
- }
+ # First must be a pushmark
+ $op = $op->sibling;
+ # Next must be non null - at worse it's the rv2cv
my $r;
my $c = 1;
Vincent Pit, C<< <perl at profvince.com> >>, L<http://www.profvince.com>.
-You can contact me by mail or on #perl @ FreeNode (vincent or Prof_Vince).
+You can contact me by mail or on C<irc.perl.org> (vincent).
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