--- 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

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