I propose to use ` as a simple hash subscriptor, as an alternative to {} and <<>>. It would only be useable for \w+ keys or perhaps -?\w+. As with methods, a simple "atomic" (term exists only in perlreftut, afaix, but I don't know another word to describe a simple scalar variable) scalar should be usable too.
%hash`key
$hashref`foo`bar`baz`quux %hash`$key
$object.method`key
I absolutely love it. Since hashes are used so much, I think it deserves this short syntax. Note btw that it's not even mutually exclusive with qx's use of backticks. To illustrate that, see:
http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~xmath/perl/5.8.3-patches/tick-deref.patch
It's a quick patch I made that adds the `-operator to perl 5.8.3, so you can try it how it "feels".
With some imagination, this can also be used for arrays.
I like that too. (though not (yet) implemented in my patch)
-- Matthijs van Duin -- May the Forth be with you!
