Jan, > No offense either, but if you are suggesting that > > @a[$i-1] + @a[$i+1] > > should be interpreted as > > @a[$i_1] + @a[$i+1] > > then I think it is pretty obvious why this is a really bad idea.
That's a very good example. I think I'm going to have to change my mind and agree that it should not be the default. (Some will say I should have thought this through before making the suggestion, but the thing is that I *did* think it through. Just comes to show how poorly I think.) Further, the package that makes hyphens identical to underscores should probably warn about $i+1 and $i*1. I would still use that package, and your example doesn't bother me personally. I would never write $i-1 or $i+1. But I wouldn't want to be the one to have to reply to all the complaints about the unintuitive meaning of @a[$i-1] + @a[$i+1]. -- Daniel Brockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>