in reply to RFC: new.pm - a perl -e use/new shortener

I like this a lot, just one suggestion

> use new qw(My::Very::Long::Module x foo 42)

If conciseness is your goal,better try to make the variable name (here x) optional and default to something like $new or $obj or only $o.

Though I'm not sure about the best syntax for an optional var, probably something like

use new qw(My::Very::Long::Module>x foo 42)

Other options are | or * but any solution should play well with the -M option, ie shouldn't confuse the shell/CLI on various OSes.

update: untested

perl -Mnew=My::Very::Long::Module>x,foo,42

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
Je suis Charlie!

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Re^2: RFC: new.pm - a perl -e use/new shortener (default variable)
by Dallaylaen (Chaplain) on Dec 24, 2016 at 20:59 UTC
    A ">" would clash with shell metacharacters and require escaping. I'm thinking of something like 
    x=My::Class:Name.method arg arg ....

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    instead. Both x and method default to "new" if omitted, which is at least consistent with the module name.
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      Hi

      > x=My::Class:Name.method arg arg

      I suppose you meant x=My::Class::Name.method arg arg with double colon after Class :)

      But apart of this, it looks good for me!

      I tested the call with -M and -m with a fake module which just print the args of the import() , using my oldest available perl(brew) version.

      
$ perl -MNew=X=Y::Y::Y.meth,1,2,3 -e'print "$]\n"'
New , X=Y::Y::Y.meth , 1 , 2 , 3
5.006002

$ perl -mNew=X=Y::Y::Y.meth,1,2,3 -e'print "$]\n"'
New , X=Y::Y::Y.meth , 1 , 2 , 3
5.006002

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      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
      Je suis Charlie!

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