On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Rob Kinyon wrote:
On 10/25/05, Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think it'd be great if +=, ~=, +&=, ++, etc, could all assume $_ on
their LHS when there is no obvious operand.
[snip]
Especially bare ++ would be useful, I think.
Did you post this specifically to anti-address the fear that P6 will
be more line-noise-ish than P5? :-p
No, to address the fear that P6 won't be just as suitable for
{obfuscation,golfing} as P5 is and that it would spoil those cultures.
Incidentally I think it'd be great too.
Michele
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