[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Steiner) writes: > Description: This list is for discussing user-visible changes to > the language. > > It's somewhat unnerving to post on topic and (hopefully) politely and
I think your post was spot on; the only problem I had with it is that I felt it was addressing a problem at too low a level. This could be because I'm a grouchy old-timer, and I carry over a Perl 5 design principle that says that changes should be made in as general a way as possible. I *want* to solve the sprintf-interpolation problem, but I think it's possible to get too bound-up in syntax and miss more generic ways of solving the same problem. A quick review of the early archives of this list might serve to exhibit the phenomenon. :) I also think it's possible to get bogged down in low-level details right now, when the same energy could be used to, say, hash out the MMD "big issue" that Ziggy mentioned earlier today. I think all that needs to happen at this stage is that we realise that a nicer way to do formatting in strings would be good, we look at whether or not it can be done (decently, for *someone*'s definition of decent ;) with the tools we already have proposed, and if not, flag it as something to come back to when we need to hammer out the details. > get a cold (less on topic) reply from someone with "warm feelings". On > the other hand the sharks might miss the occasional bite... Unfortunately, it cuts both ways; this is the second post in a row you've ended with an unnecessary barb. I know I'm no saint as far as that's concerned, but I also know it doesn't necessary endear people to your point of view. -- Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -- Aldous Huxley