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From:
Eric Brine
Date:
January 5, 2012 14:19
Subject:
Re: [perl #107528] Autovivification should be ignored when testingfor existence
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On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:43 AM, David Mertens <dcmertens.perl@gmail.com>wrote:

> If it is such a major complaint, how might it go about getting changed?
> I'm new, so forgive me if this is a faux pas, but it would appear that the
> obvious solution would be to pull the autovivification module into core.
> After all, the module addresses the OP's concern exactly, it does not break
> normal autovivification, and it has a 100% pass rate.
>
> So, what does it take to get something like this into core?
>

The current (well reasoned) desire is to *remove* modules from the perl
distribution, or at least avoid adding any new modules.

You're saying this module works perfectly well without being bundled into
the perl distribution, so there's no need to include it.

- Eric


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