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>>>>> "Damian" == Damian Conway <damian@cs.monash.edu.au> writes:
Damian> Don't give alternatives. Give a "these alternatives were considered and
Damian> *rejected*" list. $ME is capitalized (like all "magic" vars), and short.
I actually don't like the literal $ME. It usurps a variable name that
has been legal for customer use in prior Perls. Why not use something
more "system-belonging" like %_ or even $_? In fact, "self" in $_ and
"args" in @_ has a nice symmetry. Or we make $_->{self} be self, and
maybe $_->{context} be the calling context, etc etc?
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