Larry Wall
Programmer, best known as the creator of the Perl programming language.
Magically turning people's old scalar contexts into list contexts is a recipe for several kinds of disaster.
One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy.
They can always run stderr through uniq. :-)
The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.
I think you didn't get a reply because you used the terms 'correct' and 'proper', neither of which has much meaning in Perl culture. :-)
But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and what they can even learn to like. (It just takes some people longer than others. :-)
Odd that we think definitions are definitive. :-)
Dan Smith: I've tried (in vi) 'g/[a-z]
[a-z]/s//_/'...but that doesn't cut it. Any ideas? (I take it that it may be a two-pass sort of solution).
Larry Wall: In the first pass, install perl. :-)
If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
I'm sure that that could be indented more readably, but I'm scared of the awk parser.
There are still some other things to do, so don't think if I didn't fix your favorite bug that your bug report is in the bit bucket. (It may be, but don't think it. :-)
So far we've managed to avoid turning Perl into APL. :-)
echo 'ICK, NOTHING WORKED!!! You may have to diddle the includes.';;
To ordinary folks, conversion is not always automatic. It's something that may or may not require explicit assistance. See Billy Graham. :-)
I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving.
I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident. :-)
Even if you aren't in doubt, consider the mental welfare of the person who has to maintain the code after you, and who will probably put parens in the wrong place.
If I allowed 'next $label' then I'd also have to allow 'goto $label', and I don't think you really want that... :-)
We question most of the mantras around here periodically, in case you hadn't noticed. :-)