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From:
karl williamson
Date:
November 30, 2009 08:13
Subject:
Re: Carp/overload problem exposed by mktables
Message ID:
4B13EF05.6050209@khwilliamson.com
Tony Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:04:02AM +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 09:44:44PM -0700, karl williamson wrote:
>>
>>> Yet another way to plug the loophole is to put Scalar::Util::refaddr in 
>>> the core.  My recollection, which I think is correct, is that consensus 
>>> had been reached; it's just a matter of finding someone to do it. 
>>> Perhaps it could be put on the Todo list, as some sort of encouragement.
>> I don't remember this.
>> *and* I don't like the idea.
>>
>> Nicholas Clark
> 
> This is the discussion I remember, there may have been others.
> 
> http://www.develop-help.com/reftype-core.txt
> 
> It doesn't really come to a conclusion that I could see.
> 
> (date was 8 Sep 2009, times are Sydney time.)
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
My impression that there was consensus was from this email:
http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2009-09/msg00217.html

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