Michael G Schwern writes:
> > C<reset %hash> should reset the hash iterator, instead of calling
> > C<keys> or C<values> as is currently the case.
>
> Sounds good, except the name. reset() already does something.
> Currently, reset() is for clearing large swaths of global variables (a
> dubious feature) and for reseting ?pattern? searches. Two weird
> features crammed into one keyword. Shoving a third in doesn't seem
> pleasent.
>
> Either think up a better keyword, or remove those two crufty features.
I was expecting those two crufty features to be removed. If they
aren't, a third won't hurt.
> > This would be equivalent to:
> >
> > foreach ($k,$v) (map { $_ => $hash{$_}
> > sort
> > keys %hash)
> > { ... }
>
> What you proposed and what you put in your example doesn't quite play
> out. C<sort keys %hash> returns just the sorted keys of %hash, but
> your foreach example implies that both keys and values would be
> returned, sorted by key. Both would be useful.
That's what the map is for. (modulo syntax error in the map :-)
Nat
