Re: Perl 6 - Operator renaming

Also, my favourite one, which every other language doesn't use, ->, is getting binned

????????? What about C and C++?

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Re^2: Perl 6 - Operator renaming by ghenry (Vicar) on Sep 02, 2005 at 07:38 UTC
I am ignorant, and only know Perl, so I shouldn't have said anything else about other languages. Sorry. Walking the road to enlightenment... I found a penguin and a camel on the way..... Fancy a yourname@perl.me.uk? Just ask!!!	[reply]
Re^3: Perl 6 - Operator renaming by rvosa (Curate) on Sep 02, 2005 at 11:06 UTC
Is `->` for derefencing also getting the axe? Or only for method calls? Seems sensible to keep `$hashref->{'key'}`, no?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl 6 - Operator renaming by TimToady (Parson) on Sep 02, 2005 at 11:47 UTC
`->` has been promoted to a Higher Purpose, namely attaching closures to control structures while passing parameters to those closures. But you don't need arrow for dereferencing hashes because in Perl 6 you can just say `$hashref{'key'}` (or even `$hashref<key>`, in the case of a literal key.) You can't really evaluate any of these decisions in isolation, but you have to look at how things ripple through the entire design. I am confident you won't miss `->` in Perl 6 except in the Auld Lang Syne sense.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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