On 05 Mar 2009 18:26:41 +0200, Offer Kaye wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > > > > So the only real problem of this powerful operator is that it requires > > perl 5.10. Meaning, for example, I can't use it in my projects yet. > > Another problem is that it is going to be changed in 5.10.1 in > non-backwards-compatible ways. See: > http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2009/03/msg144727.html > > So even if I could use it, I wouldn't ;)
The most common cases will not be changed, or changed in dwimmy ways, including the case we are discussing here. So I don't think this is a reason not to use it now for those who can. But thanks for the info. Regards, Mikhael. -- perl -e 'print+chr(64+hex)for+split//,d9b815c07f9b8d1e' _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
