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=head1 TITLE
Builtins : Make use of hashref context for garrulous builtins
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Damian Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 Sep 2000
Last Modified: 29 Sep 2000
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On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 07:00:36AM -, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
=head1 REFERENCES
This RFC explains the mechanism by which HASHREF context would be detected:
RFC 21: Replace Cwantarray with a generic Cwant function
These RFCs propose alternative solutions to this problem:
RFC
It's hard to remember the sequence of values that the following
builtins return:
stat/lstat
caller
localtime/gmtime
get*
and though it's easy to look them up, it's a pain to look them up
Every Single Time.
Moreover, code like this is far from self-documenting:
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=head1 TITLE
Builtins : Make use of hashref context for garrulous builtins
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Damian Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 September 2000
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 259
