Re: RFC 168 (v1) Built-in functions should be functions

[John Porter]

Tom Christiansen wrote:
> 
> I don't know what's happening with indirect objects, but the nastiness
> whereby you can only use unsubscripted scalars is quite the crock.
> You know, where you can say
> 
>     print $fh "stuff\n";
> and 
>     <$fh>
> 
> But are not (well, in the second you can, but it's wrong) able to say
> 
>     print $fh[$i] "stuff\n";
> and 
>     <$fh[$i]>
> 
> Definitely worth a clean-up--at the least.

Definitely!  I'm not sure if this is the cause, or even related,
but when the prototype is \$, only an actual scalar variable can
be passed, when actually any scalar, or at least any reffable scalar,
should be allowable.

-- 
John Porter

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