Some old PM nodes I remember that seem relevant:
From The Lighter Side of Perl Culture (Part IV): Golf, some "hidden golfing features":
Golfing Technique Inventor Year ----------------- -------- ---- @{[]} aka baby cart The Larry or 1994 The Schwartz }{ aka eskimo greeting The Abigail late 1990s ~~ aka inchworm ??? ~- aka inchworm-on-a-stick The Hospel 2002 $_ x= boolean expression The Larry early 1990s y///c aka Abigail's Length Horror The Hall 1996 stuff value into $\ for printing The van der Pijll 2001 }for(...){ variation of eskimo The Hospel 2001 --$| magical flip-flop The Hospel 2002 \$h{X} is one less than ++$h{X} aka Thelen's Device The Thelen 2002
Update: BooK has recently popularized a new set of secret operators, the screwdriver operators 🪛:
These screwdriver operators follow on from earlier secret operator work, such as Dmitry Karasik's original set of "!"-based secret operators and BooK's flaming X-wing operator (@data{@fields} =<>=~ $re).-=! and -=!! - flathead +=! and +=!! - phillips *=! and *=!! - torx x=! and x=!! - pozidriv (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozidriv) This is a conditional "set to empty string" operator (the string equivalent of the torx): $x x=!! $y is same as $x = '' unless $y; $x x=! $y -- $x = '' if $y;
Jan 2010 Update: LanX created a "poll" (really a meditation) at Poll: How should the =( )= be called??? in an attempt to solve the well-known naming issues of this idiom: =( )=. Though Rolex narrowly defeated Saturn back then, nowadays LanX prefers wristwatch.
March 2012 Update: BooK at it again, this time proposing a new sperm secret operator. An alternative name is the "kite" secret operator.
From perlsecret:
Perl secret operators:
Update: for the inchwormy operators above, see also the "Inchworm" and "Inchworm on a stick" sections at perlsecret and The Lighter Side of Perl Culture (Part IV): Golf (search for inchworm).Operator Nickname Function ================================================ 0+ Venus numification @{[ ]} Babycart list interpolation !! Bang bang boolean conversion }{ Eskimo greeting END block for one-liners ~~ Inchworm scalar ~- Inchworm on a stick high-precedence decrement -~ Inchworm on a stick high-precedence increment -+- Space station high-precedence numification =( )= Goatse aka Saturn scalar / list context =< >=~ Flaming X-Wing match input and assign captures ~~<> Sperm <<m=~>> m ; Ornate double-bladed sword -=! -=!! Flathead +=! +=!! Phillips x=! x=!! Pozidriv *=! *=!! Torx
Perl secret constants:
Constant Nickname Value ================================================= <=><=><=> Space fleet 0 <~> Amphisbaena $ENV{HOME}
October 2014 Update: Re: Perl Idioms Explained - ${\$obj->method} and @{[sort @list]} by ambrus proposes a new "twin baby cart" operator, as used by tybalt89 and tails in winning golf entry at shinh's golf site:
/[3-9]/||print"@{[world,hello,'world!']}[/./g] "for 0..$$
See also: BooK proposes a new Perl secret operator (Secret Operator References) and Perl Secret Operator Emojis (2023)
In reply to Re: Hidden features of Perl (More Secret Operator References)
by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Hidden features of Perl
by vxp
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