On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 03:16:24PM -0400, Austin Hastings wrote: : For that matter, what's wrong with $__ as a sigil, as in $__LINE__, et : al. It combines the "you can use it as a variable" with the "leading : underscores are magic" memes, and doesn't impose any wierd learning curve.
I am unlikely to buy any use of _ as a twigil because it conflicts with user variable space. Larry