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>>>>> "NW" == Nathan Wiger <nate@wiger.org> writes: NW> As for <> as a qw() replacement, I think there are really two NW> issues here. First, you're not really talking about a NW> "replacement", since you're mentioning different semantics. So NW> qw() will still be widely used. I suggest that we simply create NW> another q-op to do the qw-ish things you're proposing. Perhaps NW> qi() for "interpolate" or something else. Plus <> has the terrible NW> problem that the POD C<> stuff does w/ embedded > chars. The NW> really nice thing about the q's is you can choose any bracket you NW> want. I think fleshing out this series of constructs makes the NW> most sense. i think qX is the way to go for extending quotes. it has a long history, there are multiple intuitive uses already and it is extendable. i think waht larry seems to want is qh() for quote hash. here is a possible syntax/semantic for it: %foo = qh( foo bar baz ) is like %foo = ( foo => 1, bar => 1, baz => 1 ) but any single element could be paired with => inside so: %foo = qh( foo bar => 2 baz ) is like %foo = ( foo => 1, bar => 2 , baz => 1 ) other variations could be supported. i am not sure i like: %foo = qh( foo bar(2) baz ) as how would you know if that is 'bar(2)' or bar => 2? the proposed qh only fails with a key or value of => which is highly unlikely and can be worked around as a value by inserting another => %foo = qh( foo bar => => baz ) is: %foo = ( foo => 1, bar => '=>', baz => 1 ) uri -- Uri Guttman --------- uri@sysarch.com ---------- http://www.sysarch.com SYStems ARCHitecture and Stem Development ------ http://www.stemsystems.com Learn Advanced Object Oriented Perl from Damian Conway - Boston, July 10-11 Class and Registration info: http://www.sysarch.com/perl/OOP_class.html