Mark J. Reed skribis 2006-08-31 9:45 (-0400): > According to S05, the string method equivalent of the s/// operator is named > "subst". (Just going by the spec here; the method doesn't exist yet in > Pugs). I anticipate typos galore from the near-collision of names between > "subst" and "substr"; perhaps "replace" would be a better name, even though > it breaks the mnemonic association with s///?
Another issue is how we're going to pass arguments to this method. s/// has very special syntax, that I don't think we can easily replicate. I personally still prefer $foo.s/// and $foo.=s///, because I don't think substitution belongs in a smart match op. Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html
