Re: RFC 76 (v1) Builtin: reduce

[Piers Cawley]

Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> >
> > The $a and $b of the sort comparator were A Bad Idea to begin with.
> 
> Ditto. Can we ditch these in Perl 6? Don't see why $_[0] and $_[1] can't
> be used, or even a more standard $1 and $2. Either one makes it more
> obvious what's being operated on.

$1 & $2 could be somewhat dangerous in a sub that might have regexen
in it...