Phoenix.pm: quoting constant hash keys survey

[Scott Walters]

Argh. Something must be done about this list.

<<foo bar>> is qw{foo bar}, and %foo<<foo>> and %foo<<foo bar>> are
extrapolations from that syntax. So it's either %foo<<foo>> or 
%foo{'foo'}...

-scott

On  0, "Douglas E. Miles" <perlguy at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Apparently, this didn't go through the first time.
> 
> Scott Walters wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > I'm soliciting opinions - no experience with Perl beyond the basics are required
> > so this isn't for experts only. I want as many opinions as I can get.
> > 
> <SNIP>
> 
> I'm late here, but here's my vote...
> 
> I don't like this:
> 
> %foo`bar
> 
> I think that
> 
> %foo{bar} should mean %foo{'bar'}
> 
> as this is the common case.
> 
> Maybe
> 
> %foo<<bar>> should mean %foo{bar()}
> 
> unless this violates other uses of <<>>.
> 
> Personally, I don't mind typing the (), so I don't particularly feel the
> need for extra syntax.  That said, if ` is added and:
> 
> %foo{'bar'} is the same as %foo<<bar>>
> 
> and
> 
> %foo{bar} is the same as %foo{bar()}
> 
> I probably just won't use the new syntax.
> 
>