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[perl #93640] Allow comments in qw()

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From:
Father Chrysostomos via RT
Date:
July 3, 2011 18:49
Subject:
[perl #93640] Allow comments in qw()
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-16080-1309744139-1281.93640-15-0@perl.org
On Fri Jul 01 11:24:42 2011, jesse wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 06:11:50AM -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> > You know, I have all *kinds* of constructs that work like ql(...),
> > qwx(...), etc, which I use *all* the time.  But I see no need to go
> > rewriting the language to turn them into keywords proper, with all the
> > attendant complexity and confusion.
> > 
> > Since it can be done with existing technology, why *shouldn't* it be?
> 
> Indeed it should be. I think we've beaten this particular horse to
> death.

But I can still apply the first two patches, right?


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