FR: implement >> operator for multitude

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From @KES777

Created by @KES777

This will be very handy and more meaningfull to have​:
if( $package->state >> [ 1, 2 ] ) {
instead of
if( $package->state ~~ [ 1, 2 ] ) {

Perl Info

Flags:
    category=core
    severity=wishlist

Site configuration information for perl 5.18.2:

Configured by Debian Project at Thu Mar 27 18:28:21 UTC 2014.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 18 subversion 2) configuration:

  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=3.2.0-58-generic, archname=x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
    uname='linux brownie 3.2.0-58-generic #88-ubuntu smp tue dec 3 17:37:58 utc 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
    config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=x86_64-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr -Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.18 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.18 -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5 -Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local -Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2 -Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1 -Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1 -Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1 -Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh -Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -Uversiononly -DDEBUGGING=-g -Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.18.2 -des'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O2 -g',
    cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.8.2', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/../lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/../lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.18.2
    gnulibc_version='2.19'
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

Locally applied patches:
    DEBPKG:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS default for modules installed from CPAN.
    DEBPKG:debian/db_file_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove overly restrictive DB_File version check.
    DEBPKG:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with Debian-specific information.
    DEBPKG:debian/enc2xs_inc - http://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @INC directories.
    DEBPKG:debian/errno_ver - http://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running processes.
    DEBPKG:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http://bugs.debian.org/186778 Note that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking
    DEBPKG:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation
    DEBPKG:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for site install directories
    DEBPKG:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU:MM: Set location of libperl.a to /usr/lib
    DEBPKG:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or perllocal.pod for perl or vendor
    DEBPKG:debian/prefix_changes - Fiddle with *PREFIX and variables written to the makefile
    DEBPKG:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to the binary targets.
    DEBPKG:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install .packlist files for core or vendor.
    DEBPKG:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH as per Debian policy.
    DEBPKG:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to /etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable.
    DEBPKG:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @INC ordering for Debian
    DEBPKG:debian/module_build_man_extensions - http://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module::Build manual page extensions for the Debian Perl policy
    DEBPKG:debian/prune_libs - http://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the list of libraries wanted to what we actually need.
    DEBPKG:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038] http://bugs.debian.org/100195 Document the Net::SMTP 'Port' option
    DEBPKG:debian/perlivp - http://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp skip include directories in /usr/local
    DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs - http://bugs.debian.org/533707 Configure CPANPLUS to use the site directories by default.
    DEBPKG:debian/cpanplus_config_path - Save local versions of CPANPLUS::Config::System into /etc/perl.
    DEBPKG:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http://bugs.debian.org/702096 Point users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules
    DEBPKG:debian/squelch-locale-warnings - http://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian package maintainer scripts
    DEBPKG:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the upstream Git repository
    DEBPKG:debian/patchlevel - http://bugs.debian.org/567489 List packaged patches for 5.18.2-2ubuntu1 in patchlevel.h
    DEBPKG:debian/skip-kfreebsd-crash - http://bugs.debian.org/628493 [perl #96272] Skip a crashing test case in t/op/threads.t on GNU/kFreeBSD
    DEBPKG:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags - http://bugs.debian.org/628522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that CCFLAGS should include $Config{ccflags}
    DEBPKG:debian/find_html2text - http://bugs.debian.org/640479 Configure CPAN::Distribution with correct name of html2text
    DEBPKG:debian/hurd_test_skip_stack - http://bugs.debian.org/650175 Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/threads/t/stack.t
    DEBPKG:fixes/manpage_name_Test-Harness - http://bugs.debian.org/650451 [rt.cpan.org #73399] cpan/Test-Harness: add NAME headings in modules with POD
    DEBPKG:debian/makemaker-pasthru - http://bugs.debian.org/660195 [rt.cpan.org #28632] Make EU::MM pass LD through to recursive Makefile.PL invocations
    DEBPKG:debian/perl5db-x-terminal-emulator.patch - http://bugs.debian.org/668490 Invoke x-terminal-emulator rather than xterm in perl5db.pl
    DEBPKG:debian/cpan-missing-site-dirs - http://bugs.debian.org/688842 Fix CPAN::FirstTime defaults with nonexisting site dirs if a parent is writable
    DEBPKG:fixes/memoize_storable_nstore - [rt.cpan.org #77790] http://bugs.debian.org/587650 Memoize::Storable: respect 'nstore' option not respected
    DEBPKG:fixes/net_ftp_failed_command - [rt.cpan.org #37700] http://bugs.debian.org/491062 Net::FTP: cope gracefully with a failed command
    DEBPKG:fixes/perlbug-patchlist - [3541c11] http://bugs.debian.org/710842 [perl #118433] Make perlbug look up the list of local patches at run time
    DEBPKG:fixes/module_metadata_security_doc - [68cdd4b] CVE-2013-1437 documentation fix
    DEBPKG:fixes/module_metadata_taint_fix - [bff978f] http://bugs.debian.org/722210 [rt.cpan.org #88576] untaint version, if needed, in Module::Metadata
    DEBPKG:fixes/IPC-SysV-spelling - http://bugs.debian.org/730558 [rt.cpan.org #86736] Fix spelling of IPC_CREAT in IPC-SysV documentation
    DEBPKG:fixes/fix-undef-source -


@INC for perl 5.18.2:
    /home/kes/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
    /home/kes/perl5/lib/perl5
    /etc/perl
    /usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2
    /usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2
    /usr/lib/perl5
    /usr/share/perl5
    /usr/lib/perl/5.18
    /usr/share/perl/5.18
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl
    .


Environment for perl 5.18.2:
    HOME=/home/kes
    LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE=en
    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/kes/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games
    PERL5LIB=/home/kes/perl5/lib/perl5
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base "/home/kes/perl5"
    PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=/home/kes/perl5
    SHELL=/bin/bash

[p5pRT]

From @jkeenan

On Fri Jul 31 02​:06​:44 2015, kes-kes@​yandex.ua wrote​:

This is a bug report for perl from kes-kes@​yandex.ru,
generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.18.2.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
[Please describe your issue here]

This will be very handy and more meaningfull to have​:
if( $package->state >> [ 1, 2 ] ) {
instead of
if( $package->state ~~ [ 1, 2 ] ) {

Can you explain why we should do this -- especially given that '>>' is already spoken-for as a Perl operator?

From pod/perlop.pod​:
#####
Binary ">>" returns the value of its left argument shifted right by the number of bits specified by the right argument. Arguments should be integers.
#####

Thank you very much.

[Please do not change anything below this line]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
---
Flags​:
category=core
severity=wishlist
---
Site configuration information for perl 5.18.2​:

Configured by Debian Project at Thu Mar 27 18​:28​:21 UTC 2014.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 18 subversion 2)
configuration​:

Platform​:
osname=linux, osvers=3.2.0-58-generic, archname=x86_64-linux-gnu-
thread-multi
uname='linux brownie 3.2.0-58-generic #88-ubuntu smp tue dec 3
17​:37​:58 utc 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 gnulinux '
config_args='-Dusethreads -Duselargefiles -Dccflags=-DDEBIAN
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4
-Wformat -Werror=format-security -Dldflags= -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
-Wl,-z,relro -Dlddlflags=-shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro
-Dcccdlflags=-fPIC -Darchname=x86_64-linux-gnu -Dprefix=/usr
-Dprivlib=/usr/share/perl/5.18 -Darchlib=/usr/lib/perl/5.18
-Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dvendorlib=/usr/share/perl5
-Dvendorarch=/usr/lib/perl5 -Dsiteprefix=/usr/local
-Dsitelib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2
-Dsitearch=/usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2 -Dman1dir=/usr/share/man/man1
-Dman3dir=/usr/share/man/man3 -Dsiteman1dir=/usr/local/man/man1
-Dsiteman3dir=/usr/local/man/man3 -Duse64bitint -Dman1ext=1
-Dman3ext=3perl -Dpager=/usr/bin/sensible-pager -Uafs -Ud_csh
-Ud_ualarm -Uusesfio -Uusenm -Ui_libutil -Uversiononly -DDEBUGGING=-g
-Doptimize=-O2 -Duseshrplib -Dlibperl=libperl.so.5.18.2 -des'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
use64bitint=define, use64bitall=define, uselongdouble=undef
usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler​:
cc='cc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-
protector -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
optimize='-O2 -g',
cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fstack-protector
-fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
ccversion='', gccversion='4.8.2', gccosandvers=''
intsize=4, longsize=8, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
ivtype='long', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t',
lseeksize=8
alignbytes=8, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries​:
ld='cc', ldflags =' -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/../lib
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/../lib /lib /usr/lib
libs=-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
perllibs=-ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt
libc=, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so.5.18.2
gnulibc_version='2.19'
Dynamic Linking​:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-
protector'

Locally applied patches​:
DEBPKG​:debian/cpan_definstalldirs - Provide a sensible INSTALLDIRS
default for modules installed from CPAN.
DEBPKG​:debian/db_file_ver - http​://bugs.debian.org/340047 Remove
overly restrictive DB_File version check.
DEBPKG​:debian/doc_info - Replace generic man(1) instructions with
Debian-specific information.
DEBPKG​:debian/enc2xs_inc - http​://bugs.debian.org/290336 Tweak
enc2xs to follow symlinks and ignore missing @​INC directories.
DEBPKG​:debian/errno_ver - http​://bugs.debian.org/343351 Remove
Errno version check due to upgrade problems with long-running
processes.
DEBPKG​:debian/libperl_embed_doc - http​://bugs.debian.org/186778
Note that libperl-dev package is required for embedded linking
DEBPKG​:fixes/respect_umask - Respect umask during installation
DEBPKG​:debian/writable_site_dirs - Set umask approproately for
site install directories
DEBPKG​:debian/extutils_set_libperl_path - EU​:MM​: Set location of
libperl.a to /usr/lib
DEBPKG​:debian/no_packlist_perllocal - Don't install .packlist or
perllocal.pod for perl or vendor
DEBPKG​:debian/prefix_changes - Fiddle with *PREFIX and variables
written to the makefile
DEBPKG​:debian/fakeroot - Postpone LD_LIBRARY_PATH evaluation to
the binary targets.
DEBPKG​:debian/instmodsh_doc - Debian policy doesn't install
.packlist files for core or vendor.
DEBPKG​:debian/ld_run_path - Remove standard libs from LD_RUN_PATH
as per Debian policy.
DEBPKG​:debian/libnet_config_path - Set location of libnet.cfg to
/etc/perl/Net as /usr may not be writable.
DEBPKG​:debian/mod_paths - Tweak @​INC ordering for Debian
DEBPKG​:debian/module_build_man_extensions -
http​://bugs.debian.org/479460 Adjust Module​::Build manual page
extensions for the Debian Perl policy
DEBPKG​:debian/prune_libs - http​://bugs.debian.org/128355 Prune the
list of libraries wanted to what we actually need.
DEBPKG​:fixes/net_smtp_docs - [rt.cpan.org #36038]
http​://bugs.debian.org/100195 Document the Net​::SMTP 'Port' option
DEBPKG​:debian/perlivp - http​://bugs.debian.org/510895 Make perlivp
skip include directories in /usr/local
DEBPKG​:debian/cpanplus_definstalldirs -
http​://bugs.debian.org/533707 Configure CPANPLUS to use the site
directories by default.
DEBPKG​:debian/cpanplus_config_path - Save local versions of
CPANPLUS​::Config​::System into /etc/perl.
DEBPKG​:debian/deprecate-with-apt - http​://bugs.debian.org/702096
Point users to Debian packages of deprecated core modules
DEBPKG​:debian/squelch-locale-warnings -
http​://bugs.debian.org/508764 Squelch locale warnings in Debian
package maintainer scripts
DEBPKG​:debian/skip-upstream-git-tests - Skip tests specific to the
upstream Git repository
DEBPKG​:debian/patchlevel - http​://bugs.debian.org/567489 List
packaged patches for 5.18.2-2ubuntu1 in patchlevel.h
DEBPKG​:debian/skip-kfreebsd-crash - http​://bugs.debian.org/628493
[perl #96272] Skip a crashing test case in t/op/threads.t on
GNU/kFreeBSD
DEBPKG​:fixes/document_makemaker_ccflags -
http​://bugs.debian.org/628522 [rt.cpan.org #68613] Document that
CCFLAGS should include $Config{ccflags}
DEBPKG​:debian/find_html2text - http​://bugs.debian.org/640479
Configure CPAN​::Distribution with correct name of html2text
DEBPKG​:debian/hurd_test_skip_stack - http​://bugs.debian.org/650175
Disable failing GNU/Hurd tests dist/threads/t/stack.t
DEBPKG​:fixes/manpage_name_Test-Harness -
http​://bugs.debian.org/650451 [rt.cpan.org #73399] cpan/Test-Harness​:
add NAME headings in modules with POD
DEBPKG​:debian/makemaker-pasthru - http​://bugs.debian.org/660195
[rt.cpan.org #28632] Make EU​::MM pass LD through to recursive
Makefile.PL invocations
DEBPKG​:debian/perl5db-x-terminal-emulator.patch -
http​://bugs.debian.org/668490 Invoke x-terminal-emulator rather than
xterm in perl5db.pl
DEBPKG​:debian/cpan-missing-site-dirs -
http​://bugs.debian.org/688842 Fix CPAN​::FirstTime defaults with
nonexisting site dirs if a parent is writable
DEBPKG​:fixes/memoize_storable_nstore - [rt.cpan.org #77790]
http​://bugs.debian.org/587650 Memoize​::Storable​: respect 'nstore'
option not respected
DEBPKG​:fixes/net_ftp_failed_command - [rt.cpan.org #37700]
http​://bugs.debian.org/491062 Net​::FTP​: cope gracefully with a failed
command
DEBPKG​:fixes/perlbug-patchlist - [3541c11]
http​://bugs.debian.org/710842 [perl #118433] Make perlbug look up the
list of local patches at run time
DEBPKG​:fixes/module_metadata_security_doc - [68cdd4b] CVE-2013-
1437 documentation fix
DEBPKG​:fixes/module_metadata_taint_fix - [bff978f]
http​://bugs.debian.org/722210 [rt.cpan.org #88576] untaint version, if
needed, in Module​::Metadata
DEBPKG​:fixes/IPC-SysV-spelling - http​://bugs.debian.org/730558
[rt.cpan.org #86736] Fix spelling of IPC_CREAT in IPC-SysV
documentation
DEBPKG​:fixes/fix-undef-source -

---
@​INC for perl 5.18.2​:
/home/kes/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
/home/kes/perl5/lib/perl5
/etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2
/usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2
/usr/lib/perl5
/usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/perl/5.18
/usr/share/perl/5.18
/usr/local/lib/site_perl
.

---
Environment for perl 5.18.2​:
HOME=/home/kes
LANG=ru_UA.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
LOGDIR (unset)
PATH=/home/kes/bin​:/usr/local/sbin​:/usr/local/bin​:/usr/sbin​:/usr/bin​:/sbin​:/bin​:/usr/games​:/usr/local/games
PERL5LIB=/home/kes/perl5/lib/perl5
PERL_BADLANG (unset)
PERL_MB_OPT=--install_base "/home/kes/perl5"
PERL_MM_OPT=INSTALL_BASE=/home/kes/perl5
SHELL=/bin/bash

--
James E Keenan (jkeenan@​cpan.org)

[p5pRT]

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

[p5pRT]

From @KES777

Hi, James.

JEKvR> Can you explain why we should do this -- especially given that '>>'
JEKvR> is already spoken-for as a Perl operator?

JEKvR> From pod/perlop.pod​:
JEKvR> #####
Binary ">>>" returns the value of its left argument shifted right by the number of bits specified by the right argument. Arguments should be integers.
JEKvR> ####

It is often peoples do​:
if( $package->state ~= /^(1,2)$/ ) or some thing similar to test if some value in array.

The '>>' operator is most closer to say 'in'

$value in [ qw/ a r r a y / ]
$value >> [ qw/ a r r a y / ]

If right argument is array ref (list allowed too, maybe) . It will be everything ok and make no ambiguousity into code

[p5pRT]

From @cowens

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015, 07​:20 Eugen Konkov <kes-kes@​yandex.ru> wrote​:

Hi, James.

JEKvR> Can you explain why we should do this -- especially given that '>>'
JEKvR> is already spoken-for as a Perl operator?

JEKvR> From pod/perlop.pod​:
JEKvR> #####
Binary ">>>" returns the value of its left argument shifted right by the
number of bits specified by the right argument. Arguments should be
integers.
JEKvR> ####

It is often peoples do​:
if( $package-&gt;state ~= /^(1,2)$/ ) or some thing similar to test if some
value in array.

The '>>' operator is most closer to say 'in'

$value in [ qw/ a r r a y / ]
$value >> [ qw/ a r r a y / ]

If right argument is array ref (list allowed too, maybe) . It will be
everything ok and make no ambiguousity into code

What is the value of an operator over the already existing List​::Util​::any
or List​::Util​::first/grep in scalar context?

Which equality operator should be used (eq, ==, =~, ~~, etc.)?

How is an operator associated with bit shifting (Perl and other languages)
or appending to a file (shell redirection) supposed to be "more meaningful"
than ~~?

[p5pRT]

@iabyn - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'