Larry Wall skribis 2006-01-12 12:40 (-0800): > Well, it could be a lazy list that you only ever pop, I suppose. > In any event, it doesn't work syntactically because ... is where a > term is expected, so it's a yada-yada-yada with an unexpected term > following it.
Why avoid having both ... and ...$foo? MMD, longest-match, ugly hacks, there's a bag full of tricks that could be used, so I gathered there must be a philosophical reason not to have this. I just can't think of any that would weigh more than having ...$foo around. Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html