Re: RFC 39 (v3) Perl should have a print operator

[Jon Ericson]

Tom Christiansen wrote:
> Again, I can't *ever* remember wanting a function that did this.  Rare things
> shouldn't have hard-to-figure-out names.  Why do you want it?  Debugging or
> something?  Have you tried tie?

I've found myself wanting this operator several times since I wrote the
RFC - mostly for debugging and indicating progress.  Nobody else seems
to be as fond of the syntax as I am, so I will withdraw the RFC.  (Its
only virtue is the syntax.)

Jon
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