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On 11/19/2017 09:33 PM, Father Chrysostomos via RT wrote: > On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 06:45:28 -0800, xsawyerx@cpan.org wrote: >> On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 01:49:50 -0800, zefram@fysh.org wrote: >>> We shouldn't change the rules for implicit $; usage. The current >>> behaviour is not a bug, and any tweak to the rules (short of >>> eliminating >>> implicit $; entirely) would be just another set of rules to learn >>> with >>> more Perl version portability problems. This ticket should be >>> closed. >> To be honest, I would already be weary > If you don’t mind: s/wea/lee/ Meant "wary," but "leery" will do as well. Sorry. (I'm still learning this language, mind you. :) > >> of seeing implicit $; used. >> While we try to contract code as much as possible, this can be >> achieved in the current fashion is a short and readable way, as Mauke >> expressed, without using $; implicitly. > I hope you are not proposing that this feature be removed. Not at all, but this ticket suggested also extending $; for slices to be able to avoid the "(), ..." pattern, right? That is what I was referring to that I'm not overtly in favor of extending.Thread Previous | Thread Next