Why use Perl when we've got Python?!

[John W. Stevens]

> 
>      [courtesy cc of this posting mailed to cited author]
> 
> In comp.lang.perl.misc, 
>     "John W. Stevens" <jstevens at basho.fc.hp.com> writes:
> :Compare, also:
> :
> :list = ( "One", 1, 1.0 )
> :dict = { "Test" : list }
> :
> :t = list.append( dict )
> 
> That's illegal.  You've used a list operation
> on a tuple.  

Yes, it is.  I should have used a list, and I should have tested the
code, first.

> 
> :print t[1]["test"]
> :print t
> 
> Now I'm confused.  The return from value from a list append
> operation is None.  Are you sure you mean that?  Furthermore,
> you have to "test" element, just a "Test" one.
> 
> I think I'm going to assume you meant this:
> 
>     list = [ "One", 1, 1.0 ]
>     dict = { "Test" : list }
>     list.append(dict);
> 
> or maybe that was 
> 
>     t = [ list, dict ]
> 
> :to the equivalent Perl code:
> :
> :Uh. . .
> :
> :Uh. . . 
> :
> :Darn, I can't get my example to work (my Perl book
> :has been borrowed, while the Python example was done
> :from memory. . . I know this requires references, but
> :for the life of me, cannot remember exactly how to
> :state this)!  Anybody who wants to, please show an
> :equivalent example.
> :
> :Anybody?  Here's your chance to show what a Perl-DWIM-wit
> :I am. . . :-)
> 
>     $list = [ "One", 1, 1.0 ];
>     $dict = { "Test" => $list };
> 
> And then either
> 
>     push @$list, $dict;
> 
> or else
> 
>     $t = [ $list, $dict ];

Thanks for the two missing magic characters (@$, and =>).  I always
have to look them up.

The fact that you have a $dict that has $, instead of a %, is
very confusing.

> The bottom line is that that is hardly any different from what
> you had.

I beg to differ.  The operations are the same as some other equivalent
operations, but require different syntax. . . something that you
already railed against in Python.

John S.