> > > '->' isn't (in my mind) "a left-to-right
> > > flow/assignment operator." It's a unary
> > > operator, synonymous with "sub" without
> > > parens required around the argument list.
> >
> given $foo -> $_ { ... }
> given $foo sub { ... }
>
> Are all equivalent (if sub topicalizes
> From: "Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 02:12:41 -0600
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> > > [regarding -> as a left-to-right pipe-like operator]
> >
> > '->' isn't (in my mind) "a left-to-right
> > flow/ass
> > [regarding -> as a left-to-right pipe-like operator]
>
> '->' isn't (in my mind) "a left-to-right
> flow/assignment operator." It's a unary
> operator, synonymous with "sub" without
> parens required around the argument list.
You seem to be forgetting:
given $foo -> $_
and cousins.
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r
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> From: "Me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 01:27:55 -0600
>
> [regarding -> as a left-to-right pipe-like operator]
>
> Please do. As in, please point out on list that
> '->' is already established as a left-to-right
> flow/assignment operator so why not
