On 6/16/05, Larry Wall <larry@[...].org>  wrote:
>  Or maybe a splat
>  
>      @foo[*]
>  
>  Or go with the parens with something in them to indicate the positive
>  absence of something.
>  
>      @foo[(*)]
>  
>  Anyone else want to have a go at this bikeshed?

You know, before I read this part of the message, I was thinking
precisely that.  Nullary splat should do it, so that @foo[*] will
work.  Unary splat would of course get our favor if it can be
interpreted that way, but in cases like:

    @foo[*]
    bar(*)

It is unambiguous, and you can always say (*) to disambiguate.  I like
the look of that too.

Luke