Other Postfix Modifiers

The special dispensation to use postfix if in flow-control statements doesn't extend to any other types of statements. Nor does it extend to any of the other postfix statement modifiers.

The postfix looping modifiers create particular maintenance problems because they place the control flow (i.e., the loop specifier) to the right of the statement it controls. For example, a loop like:

print for grep {defined $_} @generated_lines;

makes it harder to notice the looped flow of control, especially if you also have statements like:

print $fh grep {defined $_} @generated_lines;

A proper for loop makes the iteration much more obvious:

for my $line (grep {defined $_} @generated_lines) {