On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 03:03:38PM -0800, Jon Ericson wrote: : Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : > The p5-to-p6 translator will turn any : > : > while (<handle>) {...} : > : > into : > : > for @$handle {...} : : Including: : : while(<>) {...} : : to : : for @$ {...} : : ?
You left out the most important phrase: "or whatever we decide is the correctest idiom." So if, as has been pointed out, @$handle is too much role shear, then we probably go with something like for *$handle {...} in which case, if there's no handle, it seems to degrade to for * {...} which seems amazingly something or other. Larry