So it looks like it's a general modifier to a range type, so can be used where those work. That's slightly better, but if filter exists, why not just use that?

So it looks like it's a general modifier to a range type, so can be used where those work. That's slightly better, but if filter exists, why not just use that? One of the biggest criticisms that Perl gets is that there's so many different ways to do things, and that's somewhat deserved, so the question is what does "where" offer that "filter" doesn't other than another keyword and concept you have to learn to understand the language? What's the point if it's not really that much more expressive or clear? > struct Vector<T> where T: Numeric Is this really the same thing? This seems like a case where the same word is used to mean something else, even if they are loosely conceptually the same.