On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 04:40:23PM -0800, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 05:00:38PM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I definately agree that this is used rarely enough that it should be a word
> and not a single character.
>
> "then" sounds too much like "if/then" which is confusing. Its exactly
> the opposite from what you're trying to convey.
I agree.
As long as we're fantasizing about alternate names for comma, how
about "also":
while $n++ also @accum < $total { ... }
or maybe throw some latin in there
while $n++ et @accum < $total { ... }
while $n++ cum @accum < $total { ... } # maybe?
but that's probably more obscure than the comma.
Okay, so I don't have any good ideas either, but I like "also" if
we're getting rid of the "C comma".
-Scott
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