I think that perl 6 should provide the variable %_ when inside a sub. As if one had said: 
sub foo {
 %_ = @_;
 ...
}

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It would save at least one line of code.

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RE: Wanted feature in perl 6
by chip (Curate) on Aug 03, 2000 at 23:57 UTC
    I don't think Perl 6 feature requests are on topic here.

        -- Chip Salzenberg, Free-Floating Agent of Chaos

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RE: Wanted feature in perl 6
by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 07, 2000 at 16:41 UTC
    I wouldn't want Perl to go to the expense of building the hash when it didn't need it. I rarely use named parameters. And it's only one line of code, and a very short line at that.

    -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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RE: Wanted feature in perl 6
by agoth (Chaplain) on Aug 04, 2000 at 16:01 UTC
    What advantage would that achieve? that isnt catered for by either references or just lists 

    myfoo(\%hash1);
myfoo2(%hash2);

sub myfoo {
    my $ref = shift;
    my %hash = %{ $ref }; #longwinded i know
}

sub myfoo2 {
    my %flibble = @_;
}

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[d/l]
      The reasion I had in mind is as follows: 
      process( text => 'this is some text' );
process( file => 'foo' );

sub process { my $text;
 if( defined $_{'text'} ) {
  $text = $_{'text'};
 } elsif( defined $_{'file'} ) {
  local $/;
  open IN, $_{'file'};
  $text = <IN>;
  close IN;
 } else { die "Usage"; }
 #proccess $text and return result
}

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      It allows a gretaer amout of flexibility in the calling of your sub.
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[d/l]
        Oh, quite neat idea really, cheers
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