Allison wrote: > I still don't like the idea of C<elsif>s on loops. I already do an > instant double take with C<else> of "Where's the if?" (with visions of > old Wendy's commercials dancing in my head). It seems that a long string > of C<elsif>s (possibly separated by other long intervening sections of > code) would make the expectation even stronger when I was trying to read > through someone's code. But, that is a matter of habit and could be > retrained.
I don't much like C<els*> on loops either. I suspect that when things get that hairy (which is not often) you probably do need an explicit overarching if/elsif/else (or, better yet, a switch statement). Damian, now having terrible visions of someone suggesting C<elswhen> ;-)
