Larry Wall skribis 2004-08-18 15:37 (-0700):
> It the moment the zipper has moved to be the same precedence as comma,
> because it really wants to be looser than ranges but tighter than
> listops. Plus it's sort of like a »,« if you squint. I'm eagerly
> awaiting my first opportunity to use the »
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:57:21AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
: You'll also want to make sure the zip operator (¥) gets in there,
: probably with the same precedence as ==> (unless we decide it's
: a scalar-only operator, in which case it can be tighter because it
: would only work on array refs). I
On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 02:12:53PM -0700, Mark Lentczner wrote:
: I apologize if the answers to these questions are in the list
: somewhere, but I can't find any archive of this list that lets me
: search for things like ^..^ or ?&= !
:
: In reviewing the operator precedence table
I apologize if the answers to these questions are in the list
somewhere, but I can't find any archive of this list that lets me
search for things like ^..^ or ?&= !
In reviewing the operator precedence table update, I have some
questions:
1) What is unary ** ? I assume it is prefi
On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 08:42:51AM -0700, Mark Lentczner wrote:
:
: On Aug 14, 2004, at 12:17 AM, Larry Wall wrote:
: >Here's the current precedence table as I see it, based mostly
: >on what the, er, cabal came up with after the Perl conference.
:
: Okay, time to get out the quill and parchment
On Aug 14, 2004, at 12:17 AM, Larry Wall wrote:
Here's the current precedence table as I see it, based mostly
on what the, er, cabal came up with after the Perl conference.
Okay, time to get out the quill and parchment and start work on
revising the Periodic Table of the Operators
- M
Larry Wall writes:
> Also of note is that we decided to keep the relative precedence of
> assignment and comma the same as in Perl 5. It's just good
> documentation to parenthesize your lists when assigning,
Fair enough; documentation is good.
> ... and it prevents nasty surprises when C progra
Here's the current precedence table as I see it, based mostly
on what the, er, cabal came up with after the Perl conference.
[Cabal members: note that I've demoted cmp and <=> from chaining
relationals, and I've moved the pipe operators closer together.
I've also generalized the two middle categor
