James Mastros writes:
> Luke Palmer wrote:
> >James Mastros writes:
> >>Does this imply that it's now possible to type C<my @foo[23] = 42;>, and
> >>declare @foo? In the current perl, this doesn't work -- it's a syntax
> >>error. It'd certainly make many constructs easier.
> >
> >That looks weird to me. But as Rod points out, it can be useful with
> >hashes.
> Yes, that's the primary case I was thinking of. I was trying to find a
> smaller example.
>
> OTOH, I realize now you can do that with zip in P6, in which case you do
> have a mention of the whole variable to stick a my on -- C<my %foo =
> zip(@keys, @values);> I think C<my [EMAIL PROTECTED] = @values;> reads
> better
> though, even though looking at it literally, you're attempting to
> lexicalize an element.
Know what's cool?
my %foo = @keys Â=>Â @values;
I think we have enough WTDI now.
Luke
