Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach

Hugo van der Sanden via RT wrote:
>You also get the benefit that *you already have this*:

Except that foreach and while/each have completely different behaviour
with respect to iterators and modification during iteration.  There's
value in adding the indexed form of foreach, even with the language
already having array each.

>I'm guessing (wildly) that when the "experimental each on scalar"
>deprecation advances to removal, we could consider extending each()
>to lists to support:

Wouldn't be possible.  There's nowhere for the iterator to live.

-zefram

• [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Ed Avis
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Aristotle Pagaltzis
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Kent Fredric
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Kent Fredric
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Kent Fredric
• [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Hugo van der Sanden via RT
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Zefram
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Dave Mitchell
• [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Ed Avis via RT
• RE: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Ed Avis
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by demerphq
• Re: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Dave Mitchell
• RE: [perl #130038] Builtin variable for loop index in foreach by Ed Avis