Honestly you guys, I'm not trolling. I'm just getting a lot of ideas
recently. :-)
The C comma has always bugged me, but its function is indeed useful
(many times I use C<and> in its place, if I know the left side will
always be true). I don't know whether it's staying or not (I've heard
rumors of both), but I'd suggest that it leave and allow itself to be
replaced by a word, alongside C<and>, C<or>, and C<err>.
This word: C<then>.
So, from a recent script of mine:
my $n;
while $n++ then @accum < $total {
...
}
(Where I got in trouble for using C<and> and never executing anything :-)
To me, it's very clear what's going on, and eliminates the mystery of
the comma in scalar context for a syntax error.
Luke
