Re: RFC 57 (v1) Subroutine prototypes and parameters

On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 08:49:07AM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> > True.
> > 
> > I wonder if we could change '=>' to always quote the lhs, even if
> > prefixed by '$', '@', or '%'  (maybe we should only enable this
> > behaviour inside parameter lists?)  That would allow us to do this.
> 
> That's gonna take some digestion time.
> 
> In the meantime, is there a reason the suggestion of:
> 
> >    foo($x := 10, $y := 20)
> 
> was dropped? It seems pretty obvious to me. Or what about:

or even

	foo($x : 10, $y : 20);

> 
>      foo($x ||= 10, $y ||= 20);

That already has a meaning ...  I tend to favor syntax that doesn't
already have meaning here, thus the following are no good for me:

	foo($x => 10, $y => 20);
	foo($x = 10, $y = 20);
	foo({$x => 10, $y => 20 } );
	foo($x ||= 10, $y ||= 20);

But, these are okay:

	foo($x : 10, $y : 20);
	foo($x := 10, $y := 20);

although that second one gives me the pascal-shakes  ;-)

-Scott
-- 
Jonathan Scott Duff
[email protected]