Re^3: Smart match in p5

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Hope you fare better than I did with my say() patch.

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Re^4: Smart match in p5 by Juerd (Abbot) on Mar 14, 2005 at 10:46 UTC
Hope you fair better than I did with my say() patch. Is "fair" pun or typo? What was wrong with your patch? I can understand that the keyword it introduces might be a little too likely to already be used in scripts. Something that I hope given and when are not. Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }	[reply]
Re^5: Smart match in p5 by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 14, 2005 at 19:59 UTC
A typo, or probably 'thinko', now corrected. As for the answer to your question, it depends upon who you ask, what their agenda is, and possibly, who's asking. Variously, "No new keywords". (except `lock`, `err`, `defined-or`...) New keywords break backwards compatitbility. Fixable by using "weak keywords", but the pumpking "hates weak keywords". Fixable by applying HINTS-style flag or bitword settable by `use extended`, a command line switch or similar--but it's: "Too late in the life of Perl 5 to consider such a mechanism". Adding such a mechanism, even if a few lines of code, is a "big deal". "say" is too trivial a feature to consider such a mechanism for. Take your pick and good luck. Examine what is said, not who speaks. Silence betokens consent. Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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