Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references

On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 09:59:52PM +0200, Abigail wrote:
> It's not a matter of having an Acme module. It's a matter of how Perl
> has been working for a long time, and works right now.

I'm all for backwards compatibility, but programmer convenience and language
clarify should clearly win out over the edge-case this time.


> If someone writes a patch to disallow blessing into the class '0',
> I wouldn't oppose it (and I guess the case is edgy enough it doesn't
> need a deprecation cycle), but until then, I think the documentation
> should be correct. And I'd think that 5.8.2 should just have the doc
> patch, not the bless patch to be.

I agree with that, it should wait for 5.10.

• [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Abigail
• RE: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Orton, Yves
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Fergal Daly
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by fergal@esatclear.ie
• [PATCH] Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by schwern
• Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Tom Christiansen
• Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by schwern
• Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Gisle Aas
• Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Casey West
• Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Graham Barr
• Re: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by schwern
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Nick Ing-Simmons
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by schwern
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Abigail
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Rafael Garcia-Suarez
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Abigail
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by schwern
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by schwern
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Graham Barr
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Gisle Aas
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Graham Barr
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Gisle Aas
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Nick Ing-Simmons
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by hv
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by schwern
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Graham Barr
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Gisle Aas
• Re: [PATCH pod/perlfunc.pod] ref can return false on references by Rafael Garcia-Suarez