Juerd writes:
> Peter Haworth skribis 2004-04-20 14:56 (+0100):
> > > I think %hash<<key key key>> is best explained as %hash{ << key key
> > > key >> } with implicit curlies, not as an alternative to curlies.
> > In that case, why aren't you suggesting something more in line with that?
> > Here's what I'd like to see instead of your suggestion:
> > %hash<<key key key>> === %hash{<<key key key>>}
> > %hash'key' === %hash{'key'}
> > %hash"key" === %hash{"key"}
> > That has
> > * as few keystrokes as perl5's $hash{key}
> > * delimiters at both ends, so you can even use non-bareword constants
> > * existing syntax reused in the same way as the <<>> variant
> > * interpolation allowed in the double quoted variant.
>
> Hm, not bad. Doesn't do anything to arrays yet, but I like the idea.
>
> We could maybe even treat hashes and arrays as list operators. That
> would allow whitespace, and also:
>
> @array 15
Yeah, look at that! Wow. What a spectacle. Gee, if it weren't in
severe violation of RFC 28 I'd jump on the idea.
Luke
[1] http://dev.perl.org/perl6/rfc/28.pod
