perl 5.10 beta

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Re: perl 5.10 beta by dmitri (Priest) on Jul 09, 2007 at 02:56 UTC
This could be a nice poll -- what's your favorite new feature of perl 5.10? Mine is the `//` operator -- finally easy to initialize variables!	[reply]
Re^2: perl 5.10 beta by dewey (Pilgrim) on Jul 09, 2007 at 06:09 UTC
I like the _ prototype... anything that gives me more flexibility when using $_. PS, the feature list for 5.9.5 is here for anyone else who wants to look! ~dewey	[reply]
Re: perl 5.10 beta by Corion (Patriarch) on Jul 09, 2007 at 06:24 UTC
Of course the new regular expression features and the smart match operator, `~~`. D'oh - replied to the wrong node here ;) Update: For finding new stuff, I recommend browsing the Perl595delta document	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: perl 5.10 beta by dmitri (Priest) on Jul 10, 2007 at 02:07 UTC
I looked at those slides and... wow... just wow... Just wish the slides were in s5.	[reply]
Re: perl 5.10 beta by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Jul 09, 2007 at 11:15 UTC
state() variables gets my vote ~~I would have voted for `state` variables, but they seem to have been dropped. They're mentioned in perl594delta but not in perl595delta, not even to say they've been removed.~~ ~~Consider this to be a spoilt ballot paper in protest~~ update: Tirwhan showed me the error of my ways. Thanks Tirwhan.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: perl 5.10 beta by tirwhan (Abbot) on Jul 09, 2007 at 12:25 UTC
Given that perl595delta explicitly states This document describes differences between the 5.9.4 and the 5.9.5 development releases. See perl590delta, perl591delta, perl592delta, perl593delta and perl594delta for the differences between 5.8.0 and 5.9.4. I would guess they're still there. All dogma is stupid.	[reply]