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From:
Abigail
Date:
May 20, 2016 16:48
Subject:
Re: Indirect object syntax
Message ID:
20160520165005.GD3855@almanda.fritz.box
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.



Abigail

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