Re: Change "($one, $two)=" behavior for optimization? (was Re:RFC 175 (v1) Add C keyword to force list context (likeC))

[David L. Nicol]

Peter Scott wrote:
> 
> At 11:48 AM 9/3/00 +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
> >    > Ever consider then having
> >    >
> >    >     ($a, $b, $c) = <FH>;
> >    > or
> >    >     @a[4,1,5] = <FH>;
> >    >
> >    > only read three lines?
> >
> >I think this is a superb idea, and look forward to someone's RFC'ing it.
> 
> I like it too.  Anyone working on the RFC?

> --
> Peter Scott
> Pacific Systems Design Technologies


the assignment from lazy syntax described in 
http://dev.perl.org/rfc/123.html

might allow the above as

@a[4,1,5] = ? <FH>


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