in reply to Re^2: Poll: How should the =( )= be called???
in thread Poll: How should the =( )= be called???

If I need it in code, I would spell it
= () =

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Re^4: Poll: How should the =( )= be called???
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Jan 15, 2010 at 11:38 UTC

    "If I need it in code, I would spell it"

    And how will you pronounce it?

      > > "If I need it in code, I would spell it"

      > And how will you pronounce it?

      Nippl-e !

      Why would I pronounce it? It's not even a real operator, and hence I wouldn't write it as such in serious code.
      $count = () = /foo/g;
      is just "assign the number of occurrences of foo to count". Or would you say:
      scalar-sigil identifier-count scalar-assign empty-list list-assign match-open regexp-literal-foo match-close modifier-g semi-colon
      possibly replacing scalar-assign empty-list list-assign with goatse or another name?