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

On Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:39:48 -0800, zefram@fysh.org wrote:
> The proposed for_idx should be implemented on CPAN, not in the core.
> This ticket should be closed.

Considering these comments, I agree it should first go on CPAN to see if it's valuable enough to add into core. The concerns revolved slowing down loops and introducing a new keyword for a feature that is not certain to be widely used. I would rather exercise caution here.


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