Re: How tricky would it be to make my \$r = \$s DWIM?

On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 07:51:51PM -0500, Benjamin Goldberg wrote:
> Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
> > 
> > david nicol wrote:
> > >
> > > I was startled six years ago when I was reading the then-new blue
> > > camel and discovered that
> > >
> > >       my \$alias = \$value;
> > 
> > This hurts my eyes (and the perl parser, as it's a syntax error).
> 
> Good!  If we're introducing new syntax, then it's *best* to use
> something which is an error under older perls.

And I believe Larry has said several times over the years that

	my \$alias = \$value;

should be made to work (along with my \@ary, and my \%hash).

Tim.

• How tricky would it be to make my \$r = \$s DWIM? by david nicol
• Re: How tricky would it be to make my \$r = \$s DWIM? by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• Re: How tricky would it be to make my \$r = \$s DWIM? by Benjamin Goldberg
• Re: How tricky would it be to make my \$r = \$s DWIM? by Tim Bunce
• Re: How tricky would it be to make my \$r = \$s DWIM? by sthoenna
• Re: How tricky would it be to make my \$r = \$s DWIM? by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• RE: How tricky would it be to make my \$r = \$s DWIM? by Brent Dax