Re: RFC 143 (v2) Case ignoring eq and cmp operators

2000-09-28 Thread Tom Christiansen
This RFC still has silly language that discounts what has been said before. 1) It calls uc($a) eq uc($b) "ugly", despite their being completely intuitive and legible to even the uninitiated. 2) It then proposes "eq/i" without the least blush, despite how incredibly ugly and non-intu

Re: RFC 143 (v2) Case ignoring eq and cmp operators

2000-09-26 Thread Markus Peter
"David L. Nicol" wrote: > > > Perl currently only has C and C operators which work case-sensitively. > > It would be a useful addition to add case-insensitive equivalents. > > As I recall, the consensus the last time this came up was that C and > C would be perfect examples w/in a RFC proposing

Re: RFC 143 (v2) Case ignoring eq and cmp operators

2000-09-25 Thread David L. Nicol
> Perl currently only has C and C operators which work case-sensitively. > It would be a useful addition to add case-insensitive equivalents. As I recall, the consensus the last time this came up was that C and C would be perfect examples w/in a RFC proposing a way to declare a function to take