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Re: [perl #93640] Allow comments in qw()

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From:
Jesse Vincent
Date:
July 3, 2011 18:51
Subject:
Re: [perl #93640] Allow comments in qw()
Message ID:
20110704015143.GJ3062@fsck.bestpractical.com



On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 06:48:59PM -0700, Father Chrysostomos via RT wrote:
> 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?

Both of those looked like simple, reasonable cleanups. I'm +1 on them

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