Re: RFC: "in place" return from imperative function calls

[Griffin Rock <abcq2@...>]

>     veryLongName = trim(x,@,z)
>     line = @:gsub('%s+',' ')
>     veryLongName[complexLValue] = @ + 1
>
> This still shows the assignment, which in my book is still important.

Agreed - I like your idea better.

> [I] hate Perl and it's implicit magic ...

Same, though I don't think this is much more magic than
the existing method call syntax.