NW == Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
NW As for as a qw() replacement, I think there are really two
NW issues here. First, you're not really talking about a
NW replacement, since you're mentioning different semantics. So
NW qw() will still be widely used. I suggest that we
On Saturday 05 May 2001 19:28, Uri Guttman wrote:
the proposed qh only fails with a key or value of = which is highly
unlikely and can be worked around as a value by inserting another =
%foo = qh( foo bar = = baz )
is:
%foo = ( foo = 1, bar = '=', baz = 1 )
Or it could be
if we kept with their current meaning but added it
as a handier whitespace quoter I would like that.
p5:
@things = one two three four five;
_is_ currently a syntax error. In my mind. Not in my 5.005_03.
however, where it appears to behave just like qw does,
except that it does
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:42:07PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
: while ($STDIN) { ... }
I'm wondering what this will do?
$thingy = $STDIN;
This seems to have two possibilities:
1. Make a copy of $STDIN
This one. I see a filehandle in *boolean* context meaning read to $_,
just like
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 07:34:24PM -0500, David L. Nicol wrote:
@things = one two three four five;
_is_ currently a syntax error. In my mind. Not in my 5.005_03.
however, where it appears to behave just like qw does,
except that it does interpolation, which qw does not.
And shell
I'm wondering what this will do?
$thingy = $STDIN;
This seems to have two possibilities:
1. Make a copy of $STDIN
This one. I see a filehandle in *boolean* context meaning read to $_,
just like the current while (FOO) magic we all know and occasionally
On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 11:13:40AM +1000, Damian Conway wrote:
love. I'd expect $FOO.readln (or something less Pascalish) to do an
$STDIN.next is the current plan.
Ah, OK. Crystal ball was a bit cloudy there.
--
Putting heated bricks close to the news.admin.net-abuse.* groups.
Simon Cozens writes:
: On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:42:07PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
: : while ($STDIN) { ... }
: I'm wondering what this will do?
: $thingy = $STDIN;
: This seems to have two possibilities:
: 1. Make a copy of $STDIN
:
: This one. I see a filehandle in *boolean*
: This one. I see a filehandle in *boolean* context meaning read to $_,
: just like the current while (FOO) magic we all know and occasionally
: love. I'd expect $FOO.readln (or something less Pascalish) to do an
: explicit readline to a variable other than $_
It would be $FOO.next, but
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:42:07PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
I'm wondering what this will do?
$thingy = $STDIN;
This seems to have two possibilities:
1. Make a copy of $STDIN
2. Read a line from $STDIN
While perhaps inconsistent, I'd really rather it did #2. Here's the
While perhaps inconsistent, I'd really rather it did #2. Here's the
basic argument... compare how often you dup a filehandle with how
often you read from one. Duping is swamped by several orders of
magnitude. Dup with $fh = $STDIN.copy; (or whatever). $line =
$STDIN.next should still
From: Michael G Schwern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 9:46 PM
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 04:42:07PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
I'm wondering what this will do?
$thingy = $STDIN;
This seems to have two possibilities:
1. Make a copy of
From: Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Apoc2 - STDIN concerns
You know, I hear what you're saying, but it really makes the little hairs
on
my neck stand up. Just imaging trying to teach this:
$a = $b;# assignment
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 07:02:14PM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
While perhaps inconsistent, I'd really rather it did #2. Here's the
basic argument... compare how often you dup a filehandle with how
often you read from one. Duping is swamped by several orders of
magnitude. Dup with $fh =
Nathan Wiger writes:
: : This one. I see a filehandle in *boolean* context meaning read to $_,
: : just like the current while (FOO) magic we all know and occasionally
: : love. I'd expect $FOO.readln (or something less Pascalish) to do an
: : explicit readline to a variable other than $_
:
We do have to worry about the Cnext loop control function though.
It's possible that in
FOO: while (1) {
next FOO if /foo/;
...
}
the CFOO label is actually being recognized as a pseudo-package
name! The loop could well be an object whose full name is CMY::FOO.
Or something
At 07:56 PM 5/4/2001 -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
Nathan Wiger writes:
: : This one. I see a filehandle in *boolean* context meaning read to $_,
: : just like the current while (FOO) magic we all know and occasionally
: : love. I'd expect $FOO.readln (or something less Pascalish) to do an
: :
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