On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Adam D. Lopresto wrote: > > : It's rare enough to need bitwise things in Perl 5 (outside golf). I'm > > : hoping that it'll be even rarer in Perl 6, as better interfaces are > > : designed for the things which at present require flipping individual > > : bits. > > > > I almost wonder if it's wrong to waste ~ on it... > > > > That would be an argument for b| and b&, I suppose. > > That looks like about the best. When rare things get too punctuation-heavy, > people start to get really confused.
I agree. b| and b& are the first operators which look good to me. Most of the other proposals look like line-noise, and I would hate to have to start agreeing with perl-detractors. Bitand and and bitor work for me too. ~ John Williams
