On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Brad Baxter <bmb@mail.libs.uga.edu> wrote: > That is to say, with [ @{...} ], I know exactly where the entity being > dereferenced begins and ends. With [ ...->@* ] --phew--you got me. > Knowing a chain of similar operators end is rarely if ever a concern. Having to maintain yet another mental a mental note (e.g. that an array deref will eventually be performed) while reading a long chain of expressions is. This features allows code to be placed where it's performed instead of far in advance. @{${$h{a}[0]} vs $h{a}[0]->@* (btw, can that arrow be omitted?)Thread Previous | Thread Next