Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @%

[John Porter]

Jon Ericson wrote:
> Why not change @x so that it can represent other
> types of arrays?  For instance:
> 
>   my @x;      # standard Perl array
>   my @y[2, 3];        # 2x3 matrix (syntax guess)
>   my FIFO @z; # FIFO stack (another guess)

This is ENTIRELY my point: the more things a '@' can represent,
the LESS information it carries; and there will come a point --
when perl6 is released, if not sooner -- when the symbol will
be essentially content-free.  So get rid of it.  It's a waste.

-- 
John Porter