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>>>> # if ( $foo {bar} # whitespace to line up subscripts,
>>>> # or $piddle {far} ) { # but parens required
>>>> # boo();
>>>> # }
>>>>
>>>> I would imagine (read: "hope") that the no-whitespace thing would
>>>> be tiebreaking rule, i.e. "if you can't tell, assume it's a
> block".
>>>
>>> Ditto. Anybody know for sure?
Absolutism was confirmed about a week ago:
On Sunday, April 13, 2003, at 03:04 AM, Damian Conway wrote:
> Nope. It's a hard-and-fast part of the syntax. Absolutely no
> whitespace in variable accesses. Not under any circumstances. Never.
>
> At least, not until you explicitly modify the grammar to allow it. ;-)
>
> Damian
But note that it probably isn't too bad, because I imagine you can
still use the method op (e.g. dot) to get that effect:
if ( $foo .{bar}
or $biddle .{bar} ) {...}
I'm pretty content with that, myself, in exchange for making the parens
optional for things like C<if>.
MikeL
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