Peter Scott wrote:
>
> So what about the possibility of user-defined q[a-z]// (using a letter that
> hadn't already been taken), where you get to specify the actions of =~ and
> probably more operators? Sounds like it has a lot in common with operator
> overloading - maybe even just an extension to overload.pm?
This is essentially the gist of RFC139, except that it would allow
any user-defined function to be called with that syntax:
for (
$dbh =~ submit/
SELECT * FROM s_emp # select them
WHERE empno IN (101, 343, 573) # just these
/gx
) {
or whatever.
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John Porter
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