Re: RFC 177 (v1) A Natural Syntax Extension For Chained References

[Peter Scott]

>Having the
>indices in one place saves a lot of characters. Compare
>
>         $r->{{qw(a b c d e f g h)}}
>
>versus
>
>         $r->{a}->{b}->{c}->{d}->{e}->{f}->{g}->{h}

But I would compare it to

        $r->{a}{b}{c}{d}{e}{f}{g}{h}

which is only one character longer than the proposal...
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies