> Maybe we need a new flattening operator. I don't think the proposed := by
> itself would do everything we need to do. Maybe we need a way to say
> "flatten these together". I'm going to throw out a new ":" op here:
>
> %a = (%b, %c); # same as %a = %b
> %a = (%b : %c); # flattened like Perl 5
> (%a, %b) = (%c, %d); # kept separate
> (%a, %b) = (%c : %d); # %a slurps all of flattened %c and %d,
> # %b gets nothin'
>
> This allows you added functionality to flatten stuff as you see fit:
>
> (%a, %b) = (%c : %d, @e : @f);
> (@a, @b) = ($c : $d : $e : $f, @g : $f);
>
> Hmmm... I kinda like that... Am I missing anything?
Of course, we could use the concatenation operator for this instead:
(%a, %b) = (%c ~ %d, $d ~ $e);
although to make an admittedly paintshed argument, ~ is placed in such a horrid
position on the keyboard that it is really awkward to type...
Ed
