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Dan Brian wrote: >> If I went with "get", the opposite would be "unget" for both historical >> and huffmaniacal reasons. > > > But "get" has too strong a class accessor connotation in most OO. > > "unpull?" ;-) > > pushf/popf. f is for "front". But I still don't see anything wrong with shift/unshift. I'd prefer to avoid having a group of words that all mean about the same thing, but keeping them straight requires some memory trick. I program in too many languages to keep my mnemonics straight. There's going to be enough fun with is/has/does/but. For reference, I always have to do a 'perldoc perlvar' when I need a P5 $<punct>. -- Rod AdamsThread Previous | Thread Next