Matija Papec writes:
>
> Would there be a way to still use simple unquoted hash keys like in old
> days ($hash{MYKEY})?
>
> imho %hash<<MYKEY>> at first sight resembles alien ship from
> Independence day. :)
Of course there's a way to do it. This is one of those decisions that I
was against for the longest time, until one day something clicked and it
made sense.
So I can certainly understand why you don't like it.
You might do it something like this:
macro postcircumfix:{} ($base, $subscript)
is parsed( / $?subscript := (\w+) /)
{
return { $base.{"$subscript"} }
}
Whether that actually works depends on whether macros are applied until
one C<is parsed> matches. If not, then you'll have to do it some other
way:
macro postcircumfix:{} ($base, $subscript)
{
if $subscript.text ~~ /^ \w+ $/ {
return { $base.{"$subscript"} };
}
else {
no macros 'postcircumfix:{}'; # make sure this isn't
# interpreted by the macro
return { $base.{$subscript} };
}
}
Luke
