Jonathan Scott Duff writes: > Excellent summary of why an explicit index is a Good Thing as compared > to the programmer doing it himself. I think the syntax would need to > be different though, how do you use implicit $_ and an index? (Don't > Do That is not an answer because people will want it) Here are some > ideas: > > # Gosh, let's overuse : like python! ;-) > for $item:$index (@array) { ... } > for :$index (@array) { ... } # $_ and counter > > for (@array : index($index)) { ... } > > for (@array) $index { ... } I would say you can't use implicit $_ with an index; you use explicit $_ instead. foreach $_ $index (@array) { ... } It's only 3 characters, and it makes for a nice consistant syntax. -- Chris Madsen http://www.trx.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] TRX Technology Services (214) 346-4611
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