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From:
Jesse Vincent
Date:
May 19, 2010 09:42
Subject:
Re: package block syntax
Message ID:
20100519164152.GD31962@fsck.bestpractical.com



On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 05:39:41PM +0100, Zefram wrote:
> Jesse Vincent wrote:
> >we may not fully grasp what the "right" semantics should be in some
> >subtle way that isn't readily apparent. 
> 
> I'm pretty sure that's not the case with package block.  The syntactic
> equivalence of "package Foo { ... }" with "{ package Foo; ... }" is a
> quite complete and precise description both of the effect that I'm aiming
> for and of how it's implemented.  So I don't think there's room for
> surprises in this case.  I totally accept the issue in the general case.

I just want the wiggle room in case we turn out to be wrong. I don't
think we _are_ wrong.


> -zefram

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