From: "Larry Wall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : ? - force to bool context > : ! - force to bool context, negate > : + - force to numeric context > : - - force to numeric context, negate > : ~ - force to string context > > We're obviously missing the "force to string context, negate" operator. :-)
Mr. Wall, may I be excused? My brain is full. Oh, I have to stick it out with everyone else? OK, um.... Just so I understand... why do we need "force to blah context" operators at all? Are we planning on doing a lot of context forcing? Isn't "a lot of context forcing" mean that the context concept isn't working? Nay, say I. I think context will continue to work. Which means... maybe we don't need all that shorthand. I've been quite happy with the scalar function in Perl5. What if we just had a few more functions like that for the occasional context forcing, or even just one "context" function that takes a context name as the first argument. -Miko uh oh, I just forced myself into numeric context and negated myself
