>>>>> "AH" == Austin Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
AH> Larry Wall wrote:
>> * We get the cute, clean and rather more typeable
>>
>> $var<key1><key2>[3]<key3>
>>
AH> No more or less typeable for me, or anyone else who can remap their
AH> keyboard. I'm presuming there's something costly about {} on non-US
AH> keyboards, but how much does it cost? and do those non-US perl hacks
AH> use remapping already?
i think the diff between $hash<> and $hash{} is that <> autoquotes (and
only allows) single words and {} requires quote words or expressions. so
$hash<foo> is the same as $hash{'foo'}. $hash{foo} is either a syntax
error or something i can't figure out (foo is a bareword which is
illegal IIRC).
>> * People can probably get used to reading things like:
>>
>> $var<key1><key2>[3]<key3> < $var<key1><key2>[4]<key3>
>>
AH> It's just as readable as XML.
it is only for fixed token keys and who actually writes hash accesses
that deep and very often? i would assign the midlevel hashes to a scalar
and work from there if this was common code.
AH> Carp.
AH> Carp.
AH> Carp.
main::Carp can't be found. Perhaps you forgot to use the Carp
qw(no_carping_at_larry)? :)
uri
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