On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 07:59:31AM +1000, Damian Conway wrote:
> > But with the above you still have abiguity, for example what does this do
> >
> > $bar =~ /$foo.colour($xyz)/;
>
> "Looks like a method call with parens, so *is* a method call with parens."
>
>
> > I may be remembering about interpolation into strings as "$file.ext" is
> > going to be common. But I do think the $() approach is clean and
> > unambiguous
>
> I agree wholeheartedly.
Good.
> But it's not as *convenient* as "unadorned" interpolation.
Sometimes convenient has to give way
> Expecially if we expect method calls to be frequently interpolated.
I don't hear people screaming because it's difficult in perl5, so I doubt
it will be very frequent. But even the $() is easier than the current
perl5 way to do it.
Graham.
