Dave Whipp wrote:
I like the intent, but I'm not sure about the syntax -- nor the
statement about precidence: seems to me that the pipe operator
needs a very low precidence, not very high.
An existing convention for low precidence versions of operators
is to use an alphabetic name (e.g. || vs or). perhaps the we
could name this operator C<pp>: its vaguely remenicent of the
word pipe, without subverting that identifier's existing role.
Thus we could write:
@out = @in
pp map { foo }
pp grep { bar }
pp sort { $^a <=> $^b }
Perhaps, instead of a low precedence dot operator, what we need is an
operator that *appends* its left operand to the argument list of its
right operand.
I'd suggest it be called C<then>:
@out = @in
then map { foo }
then grep { bar }
then sort { $^a <=> $^b };
Of course, if you were a strict left-to-right-arian, you'd presumably write:
@in
then map { foo }
then grep { bar }
then sort { $^a <=> $^b }
then @out = ;
Damian
