Re: RFC 120 (v2) Implicit counter in for statements, possibly$#.

[Tom Christiansen]

>Interesting.  I must have missed this.  I'm not wild about the syntax,
>but I like the idea.  If everything become objects under-the-hood,
>then we could have:

>       for $a (@array) { print "$a is at $a->index\n"; }

>No, I'm not wild about that either, but it's an idea.

I don't perceive why this is so common a need as to require special
magic.  And for those cases, a three-part for(;;) loop handles it,
since that tells you the index number directly.  Could someone
explain why they need this?  It seems rare.

--tom