On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 11:46:46AM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
: Markus Laire writes:
: > Larry Wall wrote:
: > >Since it's not a problem for syntax that can be recognized at compile
: > >time, your slice above might be allowed if you "declare" the thunks
: > >with curlies:
: > >
: > > @3d_slice = @array[ {!($_ % 2)}; 0..9:3; {?test($_)} ];
: > >
: >
: > How does the compiler know that those ';'s within curlies are
: > List-of-lists separators, and not statement-separators?
:
: Er, they're not inside curlies. The curlies are inside them. But I
: agree that it's visually confusing.
Well, in any event, we'll probably encourage people to use reserve
subscript notation for ordinary values, and use some .slice-like
method for the fancier stuff.
Larry
