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

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demerphq
Date:
May 19, 2010 13:10
Subject:
Re: PATCH: [perl #58182] partial, "The Unicode Bug". Add unicode semantics for \s, \w
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On 19 May 2010 18:11, Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com> wrote:
>>>> 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??

Anyone who has written a book on Perl is excepted from this rule.

cheers,
Yves


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