On 8/14/13 4:44 PM, Brad Baxter wrote: > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Johan Vromans<jvromans@squirrel.nl> wrote: > >> >> Which makes me think, once more, do we actualle *need* postfix >> dereference? Does it provide anything we cannot do already, albeit at >> the cost of an extra pair of braces? In other words: is it worth the >> effort? >> >> -- Johan > > > FWIW, I would never use (this incarnation of) postfix dereference. I'm > sorry, but to my eye $foo->@* is not prettier than @{$foo}. And I > understand the latter. > > That is to say, with the latter, I know exactly where the entity being > dereferenced begins and ends. With the former--phew--you got me. > > Regards, > > Brad > > I agree with Johan and Brad. It appears we're adding ugly syntax and a maintenance burden for something that I would probably never use.Thread Previous | Thread Next