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I like prefix backslash because it is similar to C++ pass-by-reference
syntax. As that's the default in Perl though -- for direct access into @_
at least -- I'm gathering the idea is
sub mysub($foo,$bar, baz){ ...
is the same as
sub mysub{ my ($foo, $bar, $baz) = @_ ; ... # copies
while
mysub($foo,$bar,\$baz){ ...
copies $foo and $bar but $baz is an alias? Just like a C++ argument
declaration of
scalar_t mysub (scalar_t foo, bar, &baz) {...
would do?
does that match the big proposal I didn't read in detail?
also, does it match my-list assignment syntax, so the transform from having
an argument list to starting the subroutine with assignment to the argument
list would still work, were it to be implemented as a source filter?
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