Matt Diephouse writes: > Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matt Diephouse skribis 2005-03-18 13:35 (-0500): > > > Too bad sub names can't start with numbers: > > > 0x $hex; # hex $hex > > > > But they can, if you call them prefix operators instead of subs. See > > also -e and alike operators, which start with a character that isn't > > even \w. > > In that case, I propose, if more radical action is not taken, that > C<0x> and C<0o> become the new C<hex> and C<oct> (and a C<0b> for > binary as well).
Hmm. I like that idea. Quite a lot. Just like `if $x == 1 | 2`, this is one of those things that a newbie to programming would ask "why can't I do that?" Luke
