I'd just like to be able to write operators that act like any other builtins. The limitation isn't stopping me from doing anything I need to do. It just irks me that you can't do it. It just seems to me that I should be able to say somthing like 
while( my @els = elements @array,3){
   .. do something
}

# instead of 

my $iter = make_iter(@array);
while (my @els  = @{ $iter->() } ){
   .. do something
}

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I would also think that it might solve part of the problem of implementing coroutines and continuations.

Excuse my ignorance, what do you mean by "point release", do you mean newer versions of perl? I would think that behavior wouldn't change that much but I honestly have no idea.

-Lee

"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."

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