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On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 03:03:35PM -0700, Karl Williamson wrote:
> It has been proposed that charnames automatically load when a \N{} is
> seen. That is easy to do, and I think it should load as if the :full
> and :short options had both been specified.
>
> Does anyone disagree with doing this?
Not me. This has been one of my top wishes for years.
> If it is done, should the functions in the module also autoload. That
> is, should a line like 'my $poo = charnames::viacode(0x1F4A9)' fail if
> charnames hasn't been 'used' or 'required' or should it cause the module
> to load ?
Having done things automatically done for you seems to be the Perlish way.
It's quite clear what the programmer wants; I will not object to some DWIM.
Abigail
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