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* Abigail <abigail@abigail.be> [2012-08-17T09:24:10]
> For me, one of the few advantages I saw in using ~~ is not having to
> wonder when to use == vs eq vs =~. The above table suggests that
>
> "0.0" ~~ 0
>
> is false, while it's currently true. That bothers me. IMO, a "smart match"
> should be able to say, "hmmm, both my operands look like numbers, you know
> what, I'll use '==' to compare them!"
>
> Would this be workable:
>
> $a $b Meaning
> ======= ======= ======================
> [...]
> Any Looks like number $a == $b (without a "isn't numeric" warning)
> Any Simple $a eq $b
> Any Any fatal
> [...]
This is similar to something Damian suggested, which was == if both $a *and* $b
look_like_number. I think that's less jarring to me, as I think I'd expect
("foo" ~~ "0e0") to fail.
What do you think?
At any rate, I'm not writing off the suggestion, and am going to sleep on it...
fewer than 380 times.
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rjbs
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