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On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 09:34:56PM -0700, Gurusamy Sarathy wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:46:09 PDT, Gurusamy Sarathy wrote:
> >On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:45:14 +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> >I'd say it was a mistake to have named File::Glob::glob() the same name
> >as a builtin, when it doesn't have the same prototype as that builtin.
> >
> >We should probably rename it and deprecate File::Glob::glob(). Patch
> >welcome.
>
> FYI, here's that.
>
>
> Sarathy
> gsar@activestate.com
> -----------------------------------8<-----------------------------------
> Change 5981 by gsar@auger on 2000/04/28 04:31:31
>
> rename File::Glob::glob() to File::Glob::bsd_glob() to avoid
> prototype mismatch with CORE::glob(); update pod and tests to
> suit (File::Glob::glob() is still available for backward
> compatibility, but should be considered deprecated)
>
Will this also fix the bug with code like:
<*> & 1
glob('*') + 1
being parsed incorrectly?
Ronald
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