Re: p6 casting as shortcut for lengthier p5 syntax

[David L. Nicol]

Larry Wall wrote:
> 
> Why should it be deprecated?
> 
> Oh, are you wondering because I said ...

What about array and hash accesses starting with scalar-indicators?
I guess it is easy to misread A2 to mean that not only will

        scalar(@trucks[5])

return the sixth truck, but

        $trucks[5]

will no longer work.


The fact that in p5,

        ($sixthtruck) = @trucks[5];

already does that may have been lost to many.


That (mis, I sincerely hope)reading is in my perception the core
of the subsequent flurry of worries about A Whole New Language.



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