> As this doc excerpt (from "map" on "perlfunc") says it should:
>
> "{" starts both hash references and blocks, so "map { ..."
> could be either the start of map BLOCK LIST or map EXPR, LIST.
> Because perl doesn't look ahead for the closing "}" it has to
> take a guess at which its dealing with based what it finds just
> after the "{". Usually it gets it right, but if it doesn't it
> won't realize something is wrong until it gets to the "}" and
> encounters the missing (or unexpected)
> comma. [...]
Thanks, Bob.
IMHO, the missing comma should allow the parser to back-track
and make the right decision on expr-versus-block.
> <rant> Personally, I find this sort of "magic syntax" crap really
> annoying. ...
Amen to that!
> ... Being an old Lisp hacker, I would have preferred that map
> always take a functional; then there's no syntax guesswork. But, being
> an old Lisp hacker, I also realize that I'm just a lone voice crying in
> the wilderness . . . </rant>
Not exactly "lone", because I am there howling with you. :-)
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