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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T18:24:30+00:00 2026-06-04T18:24:30+00:00

I was looking at perl code online and came across something I hadn’t seen

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I was looking at perl code online and came across something I hadn’t seen before and can’t find out what it’s doing (if anything).

if($var) {{
   ...
}}

Does anyone know what the double curly braces mean?

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    2026-06-04T18:24:32+00:00Added an answer on June 4, 2026 at 6:24 pm

    It’s a trick usually employed with do, see chapter Statement Modifiers in perlsyn.

    Probably the author wanted to jump out of the block with next or the like.

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