Re: proposal: when-blocks, and binding $_

[Allison Randal]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 01:26:41PM -0800, Austin Hastings wrote:
> 
> Possibility B- when-blocks accept a -> operator, which if used "naked"
> binds the current localizer to $_.

I think if I had a choice between

given $y -> $x {
        when /a/ -> {...}
        when /b/ -> {...}
        ...
}

and

given $y {
        when /a/ {...}
        when /b/ {...}
        ...
}

I'd always prefer the second. Re-aliasing the aliased variable for every
when block doesn't quite seem worth the effort.

Allison