On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:38:48 -0500, Dan Hursh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> while another $foo {..}
>
> It's 5 characters too many, but it works.
>
> Dan
At this point, you may as well use C<.records> (think C<$/> -- record
separator):
for $foo.records { ... }
Then it'd be a small step to allow:
for $foo.records :sep"," { ... }
--or--
for $foo.records(",") { ... }
to override C<$/>. Ideally, you'd have C<.lines> to use as well. It's
not nearly general enough, but in many (most?) cases it would provide
the wanted behavior.
The trouble is that using a for loop builds a list in memory, which
can be troublesome. But I suppose a singular version could be used to
act as an iterator:
while my $rec = $foo.record :sep"\n" { ... }
while my $line = $foo.line { ... }
Or maybe one method could be used both ways, depending on whether it's
called in list or scalar context. But you wouldn't get the implicit
assignment to C<$_>.
--
matt
