Re: RFC: Rename local() operator

[Nathan Wiger]

> > As for the "need a verb" argument, my() and our() aren't verbs either.
> 
> They're also lexical rather than dynamic.  Dynamic things need action
> words (verbs)  IMHO.

A valid distinction. Though, "now" has an action-like ring to it, even
though it's not truly a verb. "NOW this var is this value"

Even some other action verbs, like "assign", "put", "place", and so on
have less of an action content, to me.

As for this:

        $/ = "\n" for now;

That is English-like, but no more that the leading version, and very
odd, even for Perl. I'm pretty sure I prefer the shorter, more
consistent leading way:

   my $bob = 'jim';
   our $stuff = 'this';
   {
      now $stuff = 'that';
   }

Seems to flow really well, in my opinion.

-Nate