Perl’s Scalar::Util::dualvar
By Jon Jensen
August 24, 2009
I just came across this fun Perl function that I can’t think of a (good) use for, but have to share.
In the Scalar::Util module is the function dualvar:
dualvar NUM, STRING
Returns a scalar that has the value NUM in a numeric context and the value STRING in a string context.
$foo = dualvar 10, "Hello";
$num = $foo + 2; # 12
$str = $foo . " world"; # Hello world
Using that in the right place could lead a future programmer down some fun debugging paths!
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