Re^2: How to improve regex for parsing equals delimited data

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Hmmm... I wish that the result of a pre-increment was an lvalue. That would allow this:

my %x = (field => $F[$_ - 1], value => $F[$_]);

to become this...

my %x = (field => $F[(--$_)++], value => $F[$_]);

or maybe even...

my %x = (field => $F[--$_++], value => $F[$_]);

Now that would be a fun idiom! As things stand, this works:

my %x = (field => $F[--$_], value => $F[++$_]);

That said, my initial boring version is probably more readable.

Update: I've just remembered the secret inchworm-on-a-stick operator. This is one of those rare opportunities it's actually useful:

my %x = (field => $F[~-$_], value => $F[$_]);