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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??


in reply to What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?

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.
def streetName = user?.address?.street

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Re^2: What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?
by gregor42 (Parson) on May 30, 2012 at 15:54 UTC

    I do not personally care for ?-> because it reminds me of the ternary operator.

    I voted for ~> due to terseness & the implication of flexibility



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