Re: We wantlvalue(), too!

Chaim wrote:

   > >> Clearly want(undef) doesn't return undef, because that would
   > >> be false. So what does it return?
   > 
   > DC> When called with arguments C<want> always returns true or false.
   > DC> Come to think of it, it's very unlikely anyone would want to call it
   > DC> without arguments, so let's just scrap that alternative.
   > 
   > Unlikely?
   > 
   > Your example, is a counter-example, it showed a great use. It debugs
   > the crypto context of a sub.

Good point. I've updated the proposal:

	http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/Perl/want.proposal

to reinstate that option.

Damian

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