Re^5: (Sort of) poll: what Perl6 features do you consider {likely,desirable} to leak into P5?

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Unfortunately, Perl 5's import and subroutine prototype mechanisms aren't quite up to the task ...

I wasn't critiquing your implementation of Perl6::Say, just the useability.

As you say, it's just one of those features that you cannot adaquately emulate at the Perl level. I'm having a go at trying my PP_say() wrapper around pp_print() in pp_hot.c--but it segfaults with my first attempt (and second:().

Examine what is said, not who speaks.

Silence betokens consent.

Love the truth but pardon error.

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