Graham Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 06:15:48PM +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> > If I could, I would VETO!
> >
> > This would break about 90% of my scripts. I use the same name for different
> > type of variables to group them:
>
> Why ? Remember there will (hopeful
Thus it was written in the epistle of Andy Wardley,
>
> I'm not assaulting Perl's flexibility or syntax. Nor am I suggesting
> that you, Randal or anyone else is particularly confused by this. I'm
> simply making a Request For Comments on a suggestion on how some of
> Perl's syntax might be mad
On Aug 3, 8:32am, Simon Cozens wrote:
> This is the rationale? Sounds a bit of assault on Perl's flexibility for this
> little gain. As Randal said, there's no teaching advantage in it.
Strictly speaking, the rationale was in this part:
Although it can be argued that this is logical and
con
On Aug 2, 4:37pm, Ted Ashton wrote:
> With all due respect, it appears that you are trading two characters for
> six with little to show for it. Currently, we have
> @array -- the array as a whole
[...]
> $array__list -- the array as a whole
I didn't make that part clear. I was simply
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 04:32:40PM +0100, Andy Wardley wrote:
> This would permit the rationalisation and simplification of the syntax
> required to access individual elements or slices of arrays and hash arrays,
> while remaining backwardly compatible with Perl5 syntax.
This is the rationale? So
Thus it was written in the epistle of Andy Wardley,
>
> $foo -> $foo
> %foo -> $foo__hash
> @foo -> $foo__list
Andy,
With all due respect, it appears that you are trading two characters for
six with little to show for it. Currently, we have
@array -- the array as a whole
$ar
John Porter writes:
> > But perl's not any other language. Perl's fun. most other
> > languages are not.
> Perl5 is not going away.
> Let's make a better language while we have the opportunity.
Relax, you two. Better doesn't have to exclude fun. If you're
dead set against highlander types, the
H.Merijn Brand wrote:
>
> But perl's not any other language. Perl's fun. most other languages are not.
Perl5 is not going away.
Let's make a better language while we have the opportunity.
--
John Porter
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 13:03:51 -0400, John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> :
> > I don't see a teaching advantage in saying "the three variable
> > namespaces are all one, but all the other namespaces are distinct".
> > When the rule gets longer, it gets harder to teac
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> John> Imho, this is A Bad Practice. Making it impossible would therefore
> John> be Good, existing-script-breakage not withstanding.
>
> So you'll break $ARGV and @ARGV? Is that really OK?
Yep.
> And will you extend this to ensuring that scalars, arrays, hashes,
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 12:29:41 -0400, John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> >
> > If I could, I would VETO!
>
> If I could, I would mandate this change. This is definitely in my
> Top 10 List of Perl 5 Suckinesses.
So here we differ. That's what discussions are for.
>
> "John" == John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> Imho, this is A Bad Practice. Making it impossible would therefore
John> be Good, existing-script-breakage not withstanding.
So you'll break $ARGV and @ARGV? Is that really OK?
And will you extend this to ensuring that scalars, ar
H.Merijn Brand wrote:
>
> If I could, I would VETO!
If I could, I would mandate this change. This is definitely in my
Top 10 List of Perl 5 Suckinesses.
> This would break about 90% of my scripts.
Some large percentage of your scripts is going to break anyway.
> I use the same name for dif
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 06:15:48PM +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> If I could, I would VETO!
>
> This would break about 90% of my scripts. I use the same name for different
> type of variables to group them:
Why ? Remember there will (hopefully) be translation from perl5->perl6
so this could pote
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:32:40 +0100 (BST), Andy Wardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> =head1 TITLE
>
> Highlander Variables
>
> =head1 VERSION
>
> Maintainer: Andy Wardley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 01 Aug 2000
> Version: 1.0
> Mailing List: perl6-language
> Number: TBA
>
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