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On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 11:45:13PM +0100, Vincent Pit wrote: > I think that the key feature would be aliasing of parameters (even as an > optional trait). Maybe I'm a little naive but without it, how pretty the > new syntax could be, I don't think it would be enough for experienced > users to justify the break in backward compatibility. It seems likely that we could make this feature available for 5.10--, though it is possible we will have to revert to a source filter for downversions, and/or support a subset of the full 5.12 feature. This is all speculation, though, until we have at least a target feature set; this is my first order of business. -- Chip Salzenberg twitter:chipsalz "UTOPIA PLANITIA IS IN ORBIT is the new HAN SHOT FIRST" - Crisper Than ThouThread Previous | Thread Next