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> Maybe we need a new flattening operator. I don't think the proposed := by > itself would do everything we need to do. Maybe we need a way to say > "flatten these together". I'm going to throw out a new ":" op here: > > %a = (%b, %c); # same as %a = %b > %a = (%b : %c); # flattened like Perl 5 > (%a, %b) = (%c, %d); # kept separate > (%a, %b) = (%c : %d); # %a slurps all of flattened %c and %d, > # %b gets nothin' > > This allows you added functionality to flatten stuff as you see fit: > > (%a, %b) = (%c : %d, @e : @f); > (@a, @b) = ($c : $d : $e : $f, @g : $f); > > Hmmm... I kinda like that... Am I missing anything? Of course, we could use the concatenation operator for this instead: (%a, %b) = (%c ~ %d, $d ~ $e); although to make an admittedly paintshed argument, ~ is placed in such a horrid position on the keyboard that it is really awkward to type... EdThread Previous | Thread Next