Jan,
> No offense either, but if you are suggesting that
>
> @a[$i-1] + @a[$i+1]
>
> should be interpreted as
>
> @a[$i_1] + @a[$i+1]
>
> then I think it is pretty obvious why this is a really bad idea.
That's a very good example. I think I'm going to have to
change my mind and agree that it should not be the default.
(Some will say I should have thought this through before
making the suggestion, but the thing is that I *did* think
it through. Just comes to show how poorly I think.)
Further, the package that makes hyphens identical to
underscores should probably warn about $i+1 and $i*1.
I would still use that package, and your example doesn't
bother me personally. I would never write $i-1 or $i+1.
But I wouldn't want to be the one to have to reply to all
the complaints about the unintuitive meaning of
@a[$i-1] + @a[$i+1].
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Daniel Brockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
