Re^19: chopping a string into slices - is there a more elegant way to do it?

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Simplified rules that never fail are not "unnecessary myths".

Exactly.

Removing parens to the definition of list is simpler then the same definition without parens.

A list is a series of comma delimited expression or "()".
Parens, an array or a hash on the LHS of an assignment operator force a list assignment.

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A list is a series of comma delimited expression, a series of comma delimited expression in parens or "()".
A list, an array or a hash on the LHS of an assignment operator force a list assignment.

Using parens in the definition of list has failed.

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Re^20: chopping a string into slices - is there a more elegant way to do it? by LanX (Saint) on Dec 01, 2008 at 17:10 UTC
less confusion, more easily readable syntax. AFAIR Perl 6 addresses this mess by changing the syntax. Cheers Rolf UPDATE: unfortunately the question I was referring to was "updated" away ...	[reply]

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