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Mark Overmeer
Date:
September 2, 2011 04:57
Subject:
Re: The future of POSIX in core
Message ID:
20110902115659.GR6067@moon.overmeer.net
* Nicholas Clark (nick@ccl4.org) [110902 11:01]:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 10:53:56AM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> And anyone using them directly, in either way below
> $ perl -le 'use POSIX "chdir"; sub my_chdir { POSIX::chdir @_ }'
> $ perl -le 'use POSIX (); sub my_chdir { POSIX::chdir @_ }'
> 
> would have their code break on them at runtime without the wrapper
> implementation.

At least it is easy to find-out if any module on CPAN has implemented
this kind of wrappers for functions which are exported both by CORE
as by POSIX.

>> >   7. remove stuff which no-one in its right mind should use: isalnum,
>> >      wide character functions.
>> 
>> But people do do this. Moreover, sensible people inherit crazy
>> spaghetti balls of code that keep working, where there is no time
>> (or business reason) to change the code. This sort of change would
>> punish people.

Duh!  Again a remark which expresses "I am a core developer, so I know
how real-life works. You're mot so you must be stupid. Let me tell you
how it works".  Please stop doing that! (also to other people than me)
-- 
               MarkOv

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