> Is giving "=" a higher precedence than "," still considered A Good Thing? > > I'm not familiar with the reasoning behind the current situation, but > I'm struggling to come up with any good reasons for keeping it. > > Consider the alternative: > > my $a, $b = 1, 2; # $b should contain 2, not 1
I read this as (my $a), ($b=1), 2; The comma separates clauses in English (and other languages). Why should it not be so in Perl? If you need parens, then use them. I believe it was Larry who said "When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least, people can bounce on them with % in vi."
