Austin Hastings:
# --- Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# > On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 01:26:41PM -0800, Austin Hastings wrote:
# > >
# > > Possibility B- when-blocks accept a -> operator, which if used
# > "naked"
# > > binds the current localizer to $_.
# >
# > I think if I had a choice between
# >
# > given $y -> $x {
# > when /a/ -> {...}
# > when /b/ -> {...}
# > ...
# > }
# >
# > and
# >
# > given $y {
# > when /a/ {...}
# > when /b/ {...}
# > ...
# > }
# >
# > I'd always prefer the second. Re-aliasing the aliased variable for
# > every
# > when block doesn't quite seem worth the effort.
#
# Which, then, would you like:
#
# To implicitly localize $_, losing access to an outer version,
# or to have to change between implicit and explicit operations?
That's easy to fix in one of two ways:
for @A -> $y {
for @B -> $x {
...
}
}
or:
for @A {
my $y := $_;
for @B -> $x {
...
}
}
# for @A {
# for @B -> $x {
# when /a/ { s/x/y/; }
# }
# }
#
# What should that do?
If you're too lazy to type the four characters in "->$y", too bad.
PS. Small nit in the way you reply: please put the text you're replying
to *above* your reply and intersperse your text with the text of the
message as appropriate. I and most other people on the Perl 6 lists use
this style--it helps to provide context and remind people what the
discussion is about. Even if your mailer arranges the text so that your
style is easier (as mine does), it takes only a few keystrokes per
message to reformat it.
--Brent Dax
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