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

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From:
Bo Lindbergh
Date:
October 14, 2014 19:01
Subject:
Re: [perl #122947] [EXPERIMENT] Lvalue references
Message ID:
BB0CB6CB-7F6C-4611-9857-C86F16E4BE83@gmail.com
Quoth Paul LeoNerd Evans:
> 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.

Agreed.  How about "lreferences" or "lrefs"?


/Bo Lindbergh
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