Re: wantarray() should be named wantlist() (was Re: date interface (was Re: perl6 requirements, on bootstrap))

[Damian Conway]

Tad pointed out:

   > Due to the recent "rename local()" and "can't return an array"
   > discussions here, we should also consider "rename wantarray()"
   > as well.
   > 
   > It should be named wantlist(), because it does not tell you
   > if it wants an array, it tells you whether you were called in
   > list context or not.

It should just be want() because I intend it to do *much* more :-)

   > I will RFCify this within the next few days (unless someone
   > can shoot it down right now).

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/Perl/want.proposal

Send me any suggestions (out-of-band).

Damian