Re: RFC 120 (v2) Implicit counter in for statements, possibly $#.

On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 09:07:31AM -0500, Christopher J. Madsen wrote:

[ Very Good examples elided ]

> With the explicit counter,
> 
>     foreach $item $index (@array) { ... }
> 
> $index could (and should) be a read-only variable (like $i is in
> "foreach $i (1,2,3,4)").  This would make sure that it really was the
> index it claimed to be.

Excellent summary of why an explicit index is a Good Thing as compared
to the programmer doing it himself.  I think the syntax would need to
be different though, how do you use implicit $_ and an index?  (Don't
Do That is not an answer because people will want it)  Here are some
ideas:

	# Gosh, let's overuse : like python! ;-)
	for $item:$index (@array) { ... }
	for :$index (@array) { ... }		# $_ and counter

	for (@array : index($index)) { ... }
	
	for (@array) $index { ... }

-Scott
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