Package: perl
Version: 5.8.4-8sarge4
Severity: wishlist

Syntax like this would be nice:

        foreach ($i, $j, $k) (@arr) {
                ...
        }

The effect would be something like this:

        for ($_tmp = 0; $_tmp < @arr; $_tmp += 3) {
                $i = $arr[$_tmp];
                $j = $arr[$_tmp+1];
                $k = $arr[$_tmp+2];
                warn "non-congruant number of items in foreach" if $_tmp+2 >= 
@arr;
                {
                        ...
                }
        }

That warning message is horrible, but... I hope that illustrates the
idea.

Naturally, you could also use my:

        foreach (my ($i, $j, $k)) (@arr) {
                ...
        }

[I'm guessing the parentheses around the list of variables would make
parsing easier. That's the only reason I've placed them there.]

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