Re: Statement modifiers (yes, again)

2003-03-19 Thread Matthijs van Duin
On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:53:23PM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote: How is a left-associative operator "less special" than a non-associative one? Ehm, most operators in perl are left-associative, so you probably mean R2L short-circuiting but even then I'm not sure what you're trying to say here And yo

Re: Statement modifiers (yes, again)

2003-03-18 Thread Luke Palmer
> To save people from having to re-read the thread, here is the actual > proposal in detail again: > > PROPOSAL > Replace the 'if', 'unless', 'when' statement modifiers by identically > named lowest-precedence left-associative operators that short-circuit > from right to left. > > This

Statement modifiers (yes, again)

2003-03-18 Thread Matthijs van Duin
I just read Piers' summary: Matthijs van Duin wondered if the issue of multiple statement modifiers has been settled. The thread is long, and the answer is essentially (and authoritatively) "Yes, it's settled. No, you can't do it." So, unless Larry changes his mind the point is moot. So apparently