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From:
David E. Wheeler
Date:
November 29, 2010 09:33
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] Add "safe arrow/safe dereference" operator: &&->
Message ID:
6F916565-F68B-4850-90AB-CBC961A4602F@kineticode.com
On Nov 29, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Jesse Vincent wrote:

> We aren't looking for approximation, though. We're looking for definedness.
> 
> ~ and - are also hard to differentiate when reading code. It's a nonstarter for me.

Yeah, as Abigail pointed out that depends on the font, and since we can't require a font for Perl hackers, it's absolutely a non-starter. ;-)

David
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