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in reply to Re: Managing capture
in thread Managing capture

> Closures are an essential part of Perl's strength, unlikely anybody will help to cripple the language.

They are a powerful feature sure. A *pragma* (or cpan module) which allows people to declare their intent more clearly doesn't change the default behaviour for people who don't use it.

The same argument applies to other pragmas (strict/warnings etc).