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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 06:45:18PM -0600, karl williamson wrote: > >Yes, but why bother? What is wrong with your previous suggestion to only allow > >the new modifiers after a > > > > use 5.014; > > > >That lets us pick the letters based on mnemonic value instead of having to > >work around some obscure edge cases. And the code using the new letters > >will not work on earlier Perl versions anyways, so having the "use 5.014" > >in there is a good idea anyways. > > > >This will also allow to us to turn any currently unused modifiers into syntax > >errors right away for all 5.14+ code as well without breaking any compatibility. > > > >What's not to like? > > > >Cheers, > >-Jan > > > +1 Indeed. I'm a fan. --Thread Previous | Thread Next