From: dblack@...
Date: 2007-07-24T01:42:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a replacement for sub?

Hi --

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Michael W. Ryder wrote:

> What I planned to do was get rid of the alias and change the name of the new 
> sub! method to something like subf! for just that reason.  I still prefer 
> this version much better than the original version as there are no surprises. 
> It is very hard to change 30+ years of practice overnight.

I suspect you're not giving yourself enough credit :-)  Anyway, soon
it won't be overnight anymore :-)  Meanwhile, I think doing it in an
additive way is definitely better, though not entirely clash-proof.


David

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