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On 31 October 2014 17:42, Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:25 AM, demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yet most of us would prefer to see map EXPR, LIST removed in favour of
> map
> > BLOCK list.
>
> Seriously? I bet that would break tons of existing code. E.g. I
frequently use expressions like
>
I didnt say i think its feasible. I just think its what most of us would
prefer if we had the option.
>
> for (map lc, grep defined, @list) { ... }
>
> And I consider this concise syntax very "perlish". :) I also find it
> more readable than the block form:
>
> for (map { lc } grep { defined } @list) {
>
I dont much like either personally. Three loops for one list? But whatever.
>
> Anyways, I think removal of "map EXPR, LIST" would have to be enabled
> by a pragma and not be the default.
>
I dont think we can remove it at all. I just wish we could.
Yves
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