From @KES777

Hello Perlbug,

Heh... why most wanted feature still is not implemented in perl?

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/null-safety.html

Probably because someone argue that ~> looks differently on some
ugly terminals???

But most people like it​: https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=973015

Are there plans to implement it?

PS. I post this question to perlbug because this is not the question
itself. This is **feature request**!!!

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Best regards,
Eugen Konkov

From @jkeenan

On Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10​:50​:47 GMT, kes-kes@​yandex.ru wrote​:

Hello Perlbug,

Heh... why most wanted feature still is not implemented in perl?

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/null-safety.html

Probably because someone argue that ~> looks differently on some
ugly terminals???

But most people like it​: https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=973015

Are there plans to implement it?

PS. I post this question to perlbug because this is not the question
itself. This is **feature request**!!!

How does what you are referring to differ from the Postfix Dereference Syntax implemented beginning in perl-5.20? (perldoc perlref)

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The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @Grinnz

On Sun, 03 Mar 2019 07​:09​:00 -0800, jkeenan wrote​:

On Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10​:50​:47 GMT, kes-kes@​yandex.ru wrote​:

Hello Perlbug,

Heh... why most wanted feature still is not implemented in perl?

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/null-safety.html

Probably because someone argue that ~> looks differently on
some
ugly terminals???

But most people like it​: https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=973015

Are there plans to implement it?

PS. I post this question to perlbug because this is not the
question
itself. This is **feature request**!!!

How does what you are referring to differ from the Postfix Dereference
Syntax implemented beginning in perl-5.20? (perldoc perlref)

That is unrelated. This is referring to an operator that would, upon being used to call a method on an undef value, return undef, and otherwise call the method.

From @Grinnz

Here is a previous (extensive) discussion​:

https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2010/11/msg165931.html

From @jkeenan

On Sun, 03 Mar 2019 18​:24​:18 GMT, grinnz@​gmail.com wrote​:

On Sun, 03 Mar 2019 07​:09​:00 -0800, jkeenan wrote​:

On Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10​:50​:47 GMT, kes-kes@​yandex.ru wrote​:

Hello Perlbug,

Heh... why most wanted feature still is not implemented in perl?

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/null-safety.html

Probably because someone argue that ~> looks differently on
some
ugly terminals???

But most people like it​: https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=973015

Are there plans to implement it?

PS. I post this question to perlbug because this is not the
question
itself. This is **feature request**!!!

How does what you are referring to differ from the Postfix
Dereference
Syntax implemented beginning in perl-5.20? (perldoc perlref)

That is unrelated. This is referring to an operator that would, upon
being used to call a method on an undef value, return undef, and
otherwise call the method.

Thanks for the clarification.

I should note that the perlmonks thread cited and a P5P thread of around the same time (https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2012/05/msg187114.html) petered out with no action being taken.

So if we're going to take any action in this regard, we need a fresh statement of the rationale for the operator and a patch implementing it.

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James E Keenan (jkeenan@​cpan.org)

This is formalized in RFC 0018, currently awaiting revision, approval and implementation.