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On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> wrote: > David Nicol wrote: >> what's the advantage of $coderef->&* over $coderef->() ??? > > $foo->&* means &$foo, so: > > \$foo->&* # \&$foo oh. Whack is looser bound than these things. I've been writing $foo->&*->\* > $foo->&* # &$foo -- sub call sharing @_ > goto $foo->&*; > >> Also, how about postfix reference operator? >> >> my $scalar; >> my $reference = $scalar -> \*; # instead of \$scalar > > Then $x = $x->[-1] becomes $x ->= [1->-*]. that's silly. Allowing whack would not be silly if a prefix whack binds tighter than a skinny arrow, but it doesn't. I'll change those accordingly and send the revised version.Thread Previous | Thread Next