Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs

>>>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:26:54 -0800, "David Golden via RT" <perlbug-followup@perl.org> said:

  > I'd rather go even further and really restrict allowable version number
  > forms, but I haven't the energy and tuits to roll that rock uphill
  > against "breaks backwards compatibility" naysayers.

Since the syntax 'package Package Version;' is a new syntax we are
absolutely free to design this one right from scratch, no?

It reminds me of Larry's choice of C< (? > in regular expressions that
opened a whole new world of possibilities without breaking backwards
compatibility.

-- 
andreas

• [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden via RT
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Zefram
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by chromatic
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Aristotle Pagaltzis
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by chromatic
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Ben Morrow
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Frank Wiegand
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Abigail
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Zefram
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Abigail
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Nicol
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Nicholas Clark
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Abigail
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Paul LeoNerd Evans
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Abigail
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David E. Wheeler
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Jesse Vincent
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Ben Morrow
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Nicholas Clark
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Jesse Vincent
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David Golden
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David E. Wheeler
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by David E. Wheeler
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Steffen Mueller via RT
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by jesse
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR
• [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by Frank Wiegand
• Re: [perl #70866] use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs by John Peacock
• Timing for code freeze (Was re: use/package with "numeric literal" VERSIONs) by jesse
• Re: Timing for code freeze (Was re: use/package with "numeric literal"VERSIONs) by John Peacock