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Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords

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From:
Eric Brine
Date:
April 25, 2012 15:10
Subject:
Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Father Chrysostomos via RT <
perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:

> On Tue Apr 24 09:07:28 2012, ikegami@adaelis.com wrote:
> > PS - Something to test: What happens if one overrides C<elsif> using the
> > keyword plugin? Does it break C<if>?
>
> Probably.


I have confirmed that the keyword plugin is called when "if" fetches
"elsif".


>  And that is probably part of the reason Zefram wants to
> deprecate the keyword plugin.  That he wants to deprecate it is part of
> the reason I would like to make all keywords overridable.
>

What is it we're suppose to use instead? Devel::Declare?

- Eric
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