Re: RFC 204 (v2) Arrays: Use list reference for multidimensional array access

On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:26:38 -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:

>> I agree with both of you. It would be nice if @$ precedence worked as Bart
>> specified, but I still think that arrays should be arrays.
>
>The problem is that
>
>   $name = "myarray";
>   @$name = (1,2,3);
>   print @$name[0,1];  # 1,2
>
>Is very consistent currently. Change one and you have to change the
>precedence and parsing of all symbolic refs.

You are suggesting to keep a weird precedence rule, just to ease
symbolic dereferencing!?! That's... obscene.

-- 
	Bart.