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Re: PATCH: [perl #58182] partial, "The Unicode Bug". Add unicode semantics for \s, \w

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From:
Tom Christiansen
Date:
May 19, 2010 09:12
Subject:
Re: PATCH: [perl #58182] partial, "The Unicode Bug". Add unicode semantics for \s, \w
Message ID:
25615.1274285464@chthon
>>> Only nit is i think covered by the -E option which implies a use LATEST;
>>> right?

>> hum, neither perlrun nor feature mention the problem with backwards
>> compatibility of using -E. Maybe something like the following (but I'm not
>> fully awake yet):

>> Since L<feature> is used to introduce features that are not backwards
>> compatible, using C<< -E'...' >> instead of C<< -e'use 5.014; ...' >> may
>> result in broken code when Perl is upgraded.

> One wonders if we should mention that using one liners in production
> is not recommended?

It's not??

--tom

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