Re: [perl #117447] re modifier "h" - return named captures as hash expression

Brian Gottreu <gottreu@gmail.com> wrote on Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:03:43 CDT:

> On 06/29/2013 02:36 PM, Tom Christiansen wrote:
>> And I don’t want us to keep adding /mods.  We have to think of
>> another way, something that embeds them and isn't stuck at mysterioius
>> one-letter identifiers.

> Could you clarify what you mean by embed and what the antecedent of 
> 'them' is?

The antecedent of “them” is /mods, like /acdgilmopsux, stressed on the
last syllable. Embedding  them is necessary for pattern flags albeit 
not for match flags.  You know, the (?six-m:...) thing.

I don’t like the idea of single-character signifiers carrying so much
meaning with no more readable way of expressing them.  And I certainly
don’t think we should go adding more of those without coming up with 
a way to somehow write something more meaningful, like a real word 
for each of them.

--tom

• [perl #117447] re modifier "h" - return named captures as hash expression by Lars Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ 迪拉斯 via RT
• [perl #117447] re modifier "h" - return named captures as hash expression by James E Keenan via RT
• Re: [perl #117447] re modifier "h" - return named captures as hash expression by Tom Christiansen
• Re: [perl #117447] re modifier "h" - return named captures as hashexpression by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #117447] re modifier "h" - return named captures as hashexpression by Brian Gottreu
• Re: [perl #117447] re modifier "h" - return named captures as hash expression by Tom Christiansen