On 10/4/05, Luke Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If that ends up being common, we could create a syntax for it, like
> postfix:<...>:
>
> @array... # same as (@array, undef xx Inf)
No, no, that's a bad idea, because:
@array... # same as @array.elems..Inf
So I think I'm pretty much with Damian on this one. I don't like the
idea of it discriminating between finite and infinite lists, though.
What about things like =<>, for which it is never possible to know if
it is infinite?
I don't think people make assumptions about the zip operator. "Does
it quit on the shortest one or the longest one?" seems like a pretty
common question for a learning Perler to ask. That means they'll
either write a little test or look it up in the docs, and we don't
need to be so strict about its failure. I'd like to go with the
minimum.
I was thinking a good name for the adverbs would be :long and :short.
Luke
