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Re: [perl #122947] [EXPERIMENT] Lvalue references

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From:
Eric Brine
Date:
October 14, 2014 15:12
Subject:
Re: [perl #122947] [EXPERIMENT] Lvalue references
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On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans <
leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote:

> I too am a little put off by the name of what is otherwise a great idea.
>
> I suspect the problem is the subtle distinction between "lvalues that
> are references", and "references that are lvalues". We've always had
> the former; now we have the latter as well.
>

Good point. It has nothing to do with modifying references as the name
claims, and all to do with aliasing.

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