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On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 5:13 AM breno <oainikusama@gmail.com> wrote: breno, First, thanks for your magnificently detailed and patient explanations. I'm quite impressed! I've long wanted this feature for Perl and I'd be delighted to see this feature implemented. * definedness vs truthfulness > > Some pointed "?->" may be associated with truthfulness due to the ternary > operator "?:", whereas "//" could be more appropriate as it associates with > definedness, > The fact that "?" is used in several other languages for this construct is compelling to me. More to the point, if we're going to go to YAPC (Yet Another Punctuation Character"), at least introduce one that would read naturally to users coming from other languages. Thus, "?->" feels both natural and appropriate to me. Best, OvidThread Previous | Thread Next