Thomas A. Boyer skribis 2004-04-15 16:22 (-0600):
> But I really hate the idea of removing `...` and leaving qx/.../. That
> would leave qx// in the unenviable position of being the only
> "quote-like operator" that doesn't have a corresponding quote-like
> syntax.
s, rx, tr
> After all, the only real point of having qx[], qx(), qx{}, qx//, et.
> al. is so you can get the effect of `...` without having to quote your
> backticks.
I see it the other way around: '' is a way of getting q// without the q,
"" is a way of getting qq// without the qq, etcetera.
> However, I really do like the idea of having a special syntax for
> %hash{'keyval'}. As I've said, I don't like ` for the purpose. But OTOH,
> I don't have any better suggestion for a syntax. Except to point out
> that if you're frequently accessing a hash via constant strings, you're
> probably using it like a record. And in Perl 6, that's better spelt as
> $obj.keyval.
Sometimes an object is overkill. I'd say: most of the time.
Juerd
