On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 09:45, Larry Wall wrote: > On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:34:28AM -0400, Aaron Sherman wrote:
> : Hmmm... > : > : $sum = [+] @array > : > : Nice. > > I just thought that'd be visually confusing in a subscript: > > @foo[0..9; [;[EMAIL PROTECTED]; 0..9] Now, why did I think you wouldn't have already considered every permutation? ;-) > But maybe it's not so bad. Yeah, it's confusing in some places, but I think they're mostly edges. > Yes, but it is rather ambiguous for any unary that can take $_, like > > [int] > > but that's not an infix, and there isn't that much overlap, so it could > probably be made to work, and not be too confusing, at least until > someone adds an infix:<int> operator... And they could get a warning that tells them of the potential conflict when they do.... I don't think there's a perfect solution for what you want, but this is pretty darned close. -- Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Systems Engineer and Toolsmith "It's the sound of a satellite saying, 'get me down!'" -Shriekback
