> (1)
>
> my size(4), human DNA ($alpha, $beta, $gamma, $delta ) = ( 'atgc',
> 'ctga', 'aatt', 'ccaa' );
>
> is so perfect, vs
>
> (2)
>
> my DNA ($alpha, $beta, $gamma, $delta) is human, size(4) = ( 'atgc',
> 'ctga', 'aatt', 'ccaa' );
If I were concerned about this, I would either do it the way Damian
suggests
my DNA ($alpha, $beta, $gamma, $delta) is human size(4)
= ('atgc', 'ctga', 'aatt', 'ccaa');
Or I would just make it two lines:
my DNA ($alpha, $beta, $gamma, $delta) is human size(4);
($alpha, $beta, $gamma, $delta) = ('atgc', 'ctga', 'aatt', 'ccaa');
And then expect the compiler to do precisely the same thing. The
benefit I find in the second case is that I can now move it somewhere
else and have separate declarations and initializations.
the example in (1) looks like it's beind declared as a "size(4)" , with
"human" and "DNA" being somehow modifiers on "size(4)" (admittedly, if
it were the stated style, people would be expected to understand it, but
it would still be counterintuitive, IMO)
--attriel
