in reply to Re: Re: Thoughts on some new operators for perl (6 or 7)
in thread Thoughts on some new operators for perl (6 or 7)

@no_matter_what_i_am_called_i_am_an_array

The @ defines precisely what is meant.

cheers

tachyon

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Thoughts on some new operators for perl (6 or 7)
by Juerd (Abbot) on Mar 10, 2004 at 15:04 UTC

    @no_matter_what_i_am_called_i_am_an_array The @ defines precisely what is meant.

    Correct. Note that I said "misleading", not "wrong" or "incorrect" :)

    It's as misleading as @hash and %scalar are. It is of course obvious that the former is an array and the latter is a hash.

    Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }