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From:
David Landgren
Date:
February 24, 2005 09:50
Subject:
Re: [perl #34233] Bug in Switch module
Message ID:
421E13E6.9010402@landgren.net
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:

>>Switch should be fixed or removed from Core.  It is a serious liability.
> 
> 
> Umm, since removing it would also break programs that say "use Switch;",

Odd. I tend to find the reverse. Adding "use Switch;" to a program tends 
to break it.

No, I'm not trying to troll. Seriously, do people use Switch.pm in a 
production environment? Last time I took it for a spin, it produced 
syntax errors that jumped around every time I tried to put my finger on 
them.

David
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