On Aug 25, 2005, at 7:16 AM, David Formosa (aka ? the Platypus) wrote: > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 16:13:03 +0300, Yuval Kogman > <nothingmuch@woobling.org> wrote: > > [...] > > >> perl6 creates a new instance of the perl compiler (presumably an >> object). The compiler will only compile the actual file 'foo.pl', >> and disregard any 'require', 'use', or 'eval' statements. >> > > use has the potentional to change the way the compiler > parses the code. So use needs to be regarded. Conceptually, Yuval's mechanism could still work. It's just that, when you go back and compile the 'use' lines, they may invalidate a compilation unit you thought you were finished with. --DksThread Previous | Thread Next