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On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 03:27:37PM +0200, Lukas Mai wrote: > Am 20.05.2016 um 14:16 schrieb Abigail: >> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 10:32:37AM +0000, Ed Avis wrote: >>> I see that there is a general consensus that indirect object syntax is >>> discouraged and should be removed from documentation examples. It is time >>> to revisit Kent Fredric's proposal at >>> <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.perl.perl5.porters/128189>? >>> >> >> >> While I don't favour indirect objection notation (other than print), >> I'm weary of eliminating documentation about it. > > The proposal was to remove indirect object notation from examples, not > to remove the documentation for indirect object notation. > In private conversation, Ed clearified he wants to remove indirect object notation from examples dealing with constructs other than indirect object notation. I do not object to that. AbigailThread Previous | Thread Next