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2021-6-20 10:54 Ricardo Signes <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org> wrote:
> Porters,
>
> I feel confident that this should be an RFC, but our process says "post to
> p5p before writing up an RFC," and "write something less format" sounds
> great. So:
>
> I would like to propose a new piece of syntax. It's not my own original
> idea, it's come from a few places and individuals independently, but I'm
> the one who's ready to go to bat for it here. It is the *everything
> slice*.
>
> An everything slice is a slice that includes every element in an
> aggregate. We can hash out syntax, but let's start by saying "it's a slice
> where the subscript is replaced by a literal asterisk."
>
> So:
>
> @array[*]; # equivalent to @array[ 0 .. $#array ];
> %array[*]; # equivalent to %array[ 0 .. $#array ];
>
> @hash{*}; # equivalent to @hash{ keys %hash };
> %hash{*}; # equivalent to %hash{ keys %hash };
>
>
>
>
Personally, I'm interested in everything slice.
I feel that the next two are a natural pair.
my @nums = $nums->[1, 2, 3];
my @nums = $nums->[*];
Are you planning the RFC?
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