--- Dave Whipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can imagine writing: > > $a eq:i $b # compare, case insensitive > $a eq:w $b # compare, ignore whitespace differences > $a eq:ID $b # compare identities > > I think that the modifier concept is too useful to be limited to the > rx// operator. But there is the issue of passing parameters to > modifiers. I could live with a restriction that forces me to use > the prefix (cf infix) form of the modified operator.
Woo-hoo! Adverbs! This is cool. Going one step farther, $a eq:$funcptr $b or $a eq:numerically $b $a eq:soundex $b $a eq:case_insensitive So that an overridden eq could check itself (?) for properties... =Austin