Re: RFC 39 (v2) Perl should have a print operator

[Nathan Wiger]

"David L. Nicol" wrote:
> 
> I like very much a print() that returns the value of what you
> printed rather than success.  I am always needing to define
> littly intermediate temporaries so I can insert debugging code
> inside huge, tortuous expressions.

I think this is an excellent idea independent of others and should
probably be RFC'ed separately. Since it does not have dependencies on
other RFC's and can be implemented separately, it should probably be in
its own RFC.

You should probably consider whether this is useful for warn, write, or
other output functions as well.

-Nate