Juerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think something like > > my @bar := reverse @foo; > > would be very useful. Insert an element between positions 1 and 2, and > the original @foo array gets them between positions -3 and -2.
That would be cool. The concept is reminiscent of using a change of basis to make your coordinates look nicer in a vector space or something. Reversing an array, changing it, and then rereversing it --- I think that kind of pattern is common. > The same thing would be interesting for zip: > > my @xyzzy := @foo Y @bar; > > Assuming this results in an even number of elements in @xyzzy, pushing a > single element onto @xyzzy could result in an element added to @foo > every odd, and to @bar every even time. Well, wouldn't pushing an element onto @xyzzy be more like pushing the car to @foo and the cdr to @bar, or throwing an exception if the new element is not a Pair? (What is Perl's pair terminology, by the way?) -- Daniel Brockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
