Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon skribis 2005-03-12 15:51 (-0800):
> Besides, I think "as" will do just fine, especially since you can now
> interpolate method calls as well. You can even do something like this
> if you want to perform bulk formatting:
> say join ' ', ($n1, $n2, $n3) >>.as('%d');
> Or, if that's not quite sufficient:
> say map { .key.as(.value) }
> $num => '%d',
> $str => '%s',
> ...;
I'm really getting the feeling I'm the only one who uses sprintf because
it *separates* and lets you write complex things on one simple line.
That, and I use it a lot in one liners.
Writing complex things as complex things feels weird.
I know there are alternatives, and they're good. I can certainly see how
.as can come in handy. But sprintf (or call it "format", which I do like
better than the unpronounceable "sprintf") as a semi-list operator is
very useful too. I just don't like the amount of typing (with the nested
delimiters: parens and quotes) it requires.
Juerd
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