On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Damian Conway wrote:
@xyz = uniq @xyz;
or better still:
@xyz.=uniq;
Speaking of which, while I think that methods on the implicit topicalizer and the C<.=> assignement operator are indeed cool, I wonder if any provision will be made for a convenient stand in for "whatever is on the left side of an assignment operator", e.g.
@xyz=uniq _; # indirect object notation
(I guess that _ won't be taken for filhandles any more, I don't know if it's already taken for something else...)
Michele -- The trouble with engineers is that given the problem of knocking down a stack of 100 bricks, they will start at the top, and work all day removing them one at a time, while the mathematician will, after a momemt's thought, remove the bottom brick and be done with it. The "trouble" part, is having to brook the noise of the engineer boasting about how much harder he worked while one is trying to think about the next problem. - Bart Goddard in sci.math
