Re^15: What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff

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Re^16: What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 11, 2020 at 21:59 UTC
I'm lazy. `if` is shorter and requires no translation compared to `and` so it's a double win. The rawest Perl newbie, or indeed interlopers from most B derived languages, should have little difficulty understanding the `if` variant. The `and` variant with its somewhat subtle use of precedence and evaluation side effects is significantly more of a maintenance burden. Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^17: What esteemed monks think about changes necessary/desirable in Perl 7 outside of OO staff by tobyink (Canon) on Oct 12, 2020 at 00:27 UTC
`# Original if (X) { Y; } # Postfix if Y if X; # Low-precedence and X and Y;` [download] Low precedence `and` has the advantage that it is ordered "X, Y" instead of "Y, X". toby döt ink	[reply] [d/l] [select]