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On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 03:27:29PM -0500, Casey West wrote:
> So you're suggesting that we fake lexical scoping? That sounds more
> icky than sticking to true lexical scoping. A block dictates scope,
> not before and not after. I don't see ickyness about making that
> so.
Perl5 already fakes lexical scoping all over the place. A lot of that
fakery can be removed from the language, yes, but in the case of block
conditions it seems that DWIMery should win over orthoginality.
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And God created Cat to be a companion to Adam. And Cat would not obey
Adam. And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he
was not the supreme being. And Adam learned humility.
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