Re: variable name

The bigger question is not "how can I do this?" or "why can't I do this in Perl if I can do it in Ruby?" -- the question is, "why do I need to do it?" Answer that first.

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Re^2: variable name by jdporter (Paladin) on Jul 22, 2006 at 15:25 UTC
Yup — sounds like an XY Problem. We're building the house of the future together.	[reply]
Re^2: variable name by sh1tn (Priest) on Jul 23, 2006 at 11:50 UTC
The bigger question is not to make policy when some technology cannot do sm.th.. If you can(or cannot) do sm.th. just let me know, without "why so and so ..." propaganda.	[reply]
Re^3: variable name by japhy (Canon) on Jul 23, 2006 at 13:48 UTC
"Propaganda"? I really don't know what you're trying to accomplish. You want to know if you can get the name of a lexical FROM the lexical. While it IS possible, it's a very rare task, and one which begs the question "why". Perhaps you're doing something that you should just be using a hash for. And, so what if Ruby can do it? What benefit is this ability going to get you? Yes, it's possible, but no, you probably shouldn't use it. Jeff `japhy` Pinyan, P.L., P.M., P.O.D, X.S.: Perl, regex, and `perl` hacker How can we ever be the sold short or the cheated, we who for every service have long ago been overpaid? ~~ Meister Eckhart	[reply]


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