Re: We know what you need, and we'll push it down your throat.

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On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:15:15PM +0000, Smylers wrote:
> Abigail writes:
>=20
> > On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:18:45PM +0100, Juerd wrote:
> >=20
> > > But the following set of wishes clashes heavily:
> > >=20
> > > - () can be used for grouping (to override precedence)
> > > - () can be used to enclose subroutine arguments
> > > - subroutines can also be used without ()
> >=20
> > Perl5 had no problem coping with those rules
>=20
> Yes it does.  Perl 5 suffers that this does what many people expect:
>=20
>   print 6 * (3 + 4);
>=20
> but this does not:
>=20
>   print (3 + 4) * 6;
>=20
> It is treated as:
>=20
>   (print 3 + 4) * 6;
>=20
> That's hateful!

No, it's not. If you had it your way,

    print sqrt (9) + sqrt (49)

would print '4' and not '10'. I doubt many people would expect it to print =
4.



Abigail

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• Smylers 17:15 on 22 Dec 2006
  • Abigail 22:47 on 22 Dec 2006
    • Smylers 08:30 on 23 Dec 2006
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• Sean Conner 20:39 on 22 Dec 2006
  • A. Pagaltzis 20:59 on 22 Dec 2006
• Jonathan Stowe 21:52 on 22 Dec 2006
  • Sean O'Rourke 23:05 on 22 Dec 2006

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