Re: -X's auto-(un)quoting?

[Rod Adams]

Larry Wall wrote:
I suppose bare ^
is also available:
   given open 'mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]' {
       ^say(...);
       ^close or fail;
   }
That almost makes sense, given that $^a is like $_.  It also points vaguely
upward toward some antecedent.  I could maybe get used to that, if I
tried real hard for a long time.  Almost makes we wish we could rename
$_ to $^ though.  Hmm...
 

I like this.
Only I'd have C< .foo > means C< $_.foo > and C< ^foo > mean C< 
$self.foo >, assuming $self is the first invocant.

Why swap them? because $_ is known for performing magical disappearing 
acts all over the place, and the ^ ties in with the $^x of parameters.

As for shortcuts to $OUTER::_, perhaps $-, if it's not put to some 
better usage, but anything beyond that is getting too obscure for common 
usage.

-- Rod Adams