Re: [MacPerl] Reminder: Yet Another Perl Conference in Toronto, June 27 - 29

Detlef,

There is no likelihood of this being added to Perl 5.  (However, see below.)

Work on Perl 6, the new version of Perl, is underway now.  A 
request-for-comments (that is, soliciting opinions for new 
features/commands/etc.) for Perl 6 went out approximately 5 years ago. 
See:  http://dev.perl.org/perl6/rfc/meta/

There will be a new intrinsic function in Perl 6 that does what you 
propose -- it will be called "say".

As part of the Perl 6 design process, portions of the Perl 6 language 
specification are being back-implemented for Perl 5.  There is a Perl 
Modules that implements "say" for Perl 5: 
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perl6-Say/Say.pm

Install this, use it, and you will get the functionality that you desire.

Mind you, none of this has much to do with the YAPC::NA conference 
announcement or YAPC::NA conference.  You can learn more about the 
conference and what it is all about at:  http://yapc.org/America/

Cheers,
Richard
Conference Chairman, Yet Another Perl Conference, North America, 2005 in 
Toronto, Canada

Detlef Lindenthal wrote:
> Is there a proposal board?
> 
> Perl should be enriched with one very simple and needed feature;
> a predefined function called  printl:
> 
> sub printl  {
>    print @_, "\n"   }
> 
> Because it is needed by everyone.
> 
> Thanks in advance for helping to install it!
> 
> Detlef Lindenthal
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
> Gerard Lim wrote:
> 
>> Yet Another YAPC::NA 2005 Conference Reminder
>> ---------------------------------------------
>>
>> YAPC::NA 2005 is Yet Another Perl Conference, North America,
>> this year to be held in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
>> Mon - Wed 27 - 29 June 2005.
>>
>>      Important Dates/Deadlines
>>      -------------------------
>>      April 18 -- deadline for paper submissions
>>      May 12   -- last day of guaranteed accommodations
>>
>> YAPC::NA is a grassroots, all-volunteer conference.  The
>> speaker quality is high, the participants lively, and there
>> are many extra social activities scheduled.  We expect a
>> bit over 400 people this year, and registration is proceeding
>> faster this year than in the past.
>>
>> The registration cost is USD$85.  Information on registration:
>>
>>      http://yapc.org/America/register-2005.shtml
>>      http://yapc.org/America/registration-announcement-2005.txt
>>
>> Direct link to registration:
>>  
>>
>> http://donate.perlfoundation.org/index.pl?node=registrant%20info&conference_id=423 
>> <http://donate.perlfoundation.org/index.pl?node=registrant%20info&conference_id=423> 
>>
>>
>> Want to be a speaker?  Deadline for proposal submission
>> is April 18, just over 1 week from now.  Go to:
>>      http://yapc.org/America/cfp-2005.shtml
>>
>> Need accommodations in Toronto?  Go to:
>>
>>      http://yapc.org/America/accommodations-2005.shtml
>>
>> If you book before May 13 you will be guaranteed a hotel
>> space.  After that getting accommodations will become
>> progressively more difficult.  Prices we have arranged
>> are in two different price ranges: approximately US$50
>> for a dorm room, US$72 for a decent hotel room.  All
>> accommodations are very nearby the conference venue.
>>
>> This message comes from the YAPC::NA 2005 organizers in
>> Toronto.pm, http://to.pm.org/, on behalf of The Perl
>> Foundation, http://www.perlfoundation.org/
>> We look forward to seeing you in Toronto!
>>
>> If you have any questions please contact [email protected]
>>