The Joy of Smartmatch

By Andrey Shitov (‎ash‎)
Lightning talk
Language: English
Tags: experimental perl smartmatch

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When I first read about the ~~ operator appeared in Perl 5.10 I was both curious and confused. Since than I've been using it here and there and find it cute. Cutematch :-)

I'd like to share a few cases where I find the smartmatch operator very useful and Perl-ish. I don't want it disappear from the language.