Re: Shorthand for appending to a table (was Re: 5.2 feature list?)

[Enrico Colombini <erix@...>]

David Given wrote:
> >   tableWithMeaningfulName[] = value
>
> I have to say that I don't like this, simply because the syntax doesn't convey
> any information about what it does --- if anything, it looks like it should
> assign to *all* members of the table. I'd rather have the language consistent
> and verbose rather than concise and full of special exceptions. That way lies
> madness, e.g. Perl.

I get the same impression. Assuming there *really* is a need for this 
new construct (which I doubt, being a minimalist) its meaning should be 
made clearer to the reader, as in:

 t[++] = val

or just:

 t[+] = val

These are just examples to better convey what I mean, I'm not advocating 
either of them.

  Enrico