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Re: ===, =:=, ~~, eq and == revisited (blame ajs!)

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From:
Yuval Kogman
Date:
July 12, 2006 15:46
Subject:
Re: ===, =:=, ~~, eq and == revisited (blame ajs!)
Message ID:
20060712224549.GS19536@woobling.org
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 17:58:03 -0400, Aaron Sherman wrote:

> Then ~~ is wrong in that respect, and I think we should be talking about
> that, not about making === into "~~, but without invoking code when it
> shouldn't."

But it should! It's the smart match! If the rhs matches the code ref
(the code ref gets it as an argument it's a match!

That's why ~~ isn't a comparison operator, but a smart match
operator - it DWIMs *very* deeply.

-- 
  Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
http://nothingmuch.woobling.org  0xEBD27418
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