On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 09:10:07PM +0000, Richard Proctor wrote: > There have been times when I have wondered if string concatination could be > done without any operator at all. Simply the placement of two things > next to each other as in $foo $bar or $foo$bar would silently concatenate > them. But then I feel there are some deep horrors and ambiguities that > I have failed to spot...
Before this starts up again, I hereby sentence all potential repliers to first read: "string concatenation operator - please stop" http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@;perl.org/msg06710.html and then read *all* the old proposals and arguments about why they won't work: "s/./~/g" http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@;perl.org/msg06512.html "Sane "+" string concat prposal" http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@;perl.org/msg06578.html "YA string concat propsal" http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@;perl.org/msg06598.html "Dot can DWIM without whitespace" http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@;perl.org/msg06627.html "Another string concat proposal" http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@;perl.org/msg06639.html "YAYAYA string concat proposal" http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@;perl.org/msg06650.html "a modest proposal Re: s/./~/g" http://archive.develooper.com/perl6-language@;perl.org/msg06672.html -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One Here's hoping you don't become a robot!
