* Ted Zlatanov <tzz@[...].com>  [2008-07-18 16:10]:
>  I wonder if:
>  
>  1) there's any chance of including it in the core in some form;
>  I think it's really useful and the common (if $i % 5 == 0)
>  format has lots of shortcomings;

That isnâ??t likely to qualify as a reason for adding it to core.
See also
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/;msgid=4688039A.1020805@[...].com

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>