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On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:25:01AM -0700, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > The more features that accumulate, the stronger the rationale for changing the > semantics of 'use 5.xxx' becomes... Heck. The longer that use 5.xxx had a given meaning, the stronger the reason for not changing it. Your argument is as invalid as mine is. If we want a new thing, give it a new name. Don't steal the name of something else and remove the ability to do that old thing. Anyone who read the old documentation at any point over the past 15 years will find that something that was clear and well defined changed without warning. Nicholas ClarkThread Previous | Thread Next