> > On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 12:16:34PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > ... using backtick in vector operators ... A pair of backticks could > > > be used if the vector-equals distinction is required: > > > @a `+`= @b; > > > @a `+=` @b; > > Thats ugly, IMO. > Oh, I wasn't claiming that it's pretty. I think we're past being able > to find something that's pretty. > In general I find backticks fairly jarring on the eyes, but they have to > be used for _something_ ...
I hear there's a vacancy for a qw(...) equivalent now . . . No, I'm not really suggesting this. But I am reminded by this whole endeavour of a certain text adventure. > get underscore Taken. > get bracket Taken. > get guillemot Taken. > get caret Taken. > get backtick Oops! While you were reaching for the backtick, you drop the guillemot, and both tumble to the ground. (Whine: my Perl undergrad students are too young to remember or appreciate text adventures. At least some of you oldsters here will understand.) -- Debbie Pickett http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~debbiep [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Is it, err, Mildred? O.K., no. How 'bout - Diana? Rachel?" "Ariel, her name is Ariel." - _The Little Mermaid_
