> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 2:33 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: if not C<,> then what?
>
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 11:23:09AM -0700, Austin Hastings wrote:
> : Will there be a statement modifier version of C<when>?
> :
> : print, next when /stgh/;
>
> Yes, though in this case it's indistinguishable from C<if>, since //
> defaults to $_ anyway. However, these are different:
>
> print, next when 3;
> print, next if 3;
Will given be a statement modifier also? This would be useful for quick
topicalization:
say "$_ => %hash{$_}" given get_random_key();
Joe Gottman
