Trey Harris raised the spectre of:
shades of C++, how about just
$*STDERR <~ $foo;
Yes. Assuming C<infix:<~(IO,Object)> were suitably overloaded.
or
$foo ~> $*STDERR;
Yes. Assuming C<infix:<~(Object,IO)> were suitably overloaded.
Not sure whether that would come "standard", but if not, here's
a first cut of the necessary module for future reference:
module IO::Stroustrupian;
# Output operators...
my infix::<~(IO $fh, $datum) is multi is exported { print $fh: $datum }
my infix::<~(IO $fh, @data) is multi is exported { print $fh: @data }
my infix::~>($datum, IO $fh) is multi is exported { print $fh: $datum }
my infix::~>(@data, IO $fh) is multi is exported { print $fh: @data }
# Input operators...
my infix::<~($var is rw, IO $fh) is multi is exported { $var = <$fh> }
my infix::<~(@var is rw, IO $fh) is multi is exported { @var = <$fh> }
my infix::~>(IO $fh, $var is rw) is multi is exported { $var = <$fh> }
my infix::~>(IO $fh, @var is rw) is multi is exported { @var = <$fh> }
Damian
