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2010/11/26 Nicholas Clark <perlbug-followup@perl.org>: > # New Ticket Created by Nicholas Clark > # Please include the string: [perl #79820] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=79820 > > > > Currently the := in my $pi := 4; is interpreted as an empty attribute list. > As of 5.12.0, using := here issue a deprecation warning. > > No Perl 5 code on CPAN is using := > > If code generators need the flexibility to generate empty attribute lists, > it's trivial to do so by adding a space before the = > > > I believe that there is consensus that > > a: it would be useful to have a binding operator in Perl 5 > b: that := is the obvious candidate > > hence at some point we need to re-use := for this. > > Use of := for binding can't be distinguished from use of it to mean an empty > attribute list. Hence I propose that we make := a syntax error for 5.14, so > that there is at least 1 major version of Perl 5 where any accidental use will > be caught with a clear, comprehensible syntax error message. Yes When can we expect Chip to come up with BIND? How can we help? -- Reini UrbanThread Previous