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Re: What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?by Arunbear (Prior) |
on May 30, 2012 at 10:39 UTC ( [id://973251]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I prefer ?-> because it makes it clear that there might not be a receiver for the message send ->, much more than ~> which suggests that some kind of pattern or smart match is involved.
In the Groovy language, they call it the Safe Navigation Operator e.g.
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