* demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> [2012-07-06T08:37:03] > On 6 July 2012 05:05, Ricardo Signes <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org> wrote: > > * Karl Williamson via RT <perlbug-followup@perl.org> [2012-02-12T12:03:32] > >> The patch to change this into a warning is trivial; I've done it except > >> for the tests. I'm inclined to think we should do it. And I more > >> strongly than ever think we should pre-deprecate an unescaped '{', and > >> will start working on that. > > > > We should do this. > > Sorry, but I think you are wrong here. There are a number of reasons: Before I respond to your reasons, I want to make sure we're on the same page. My "should" is that we should turn x{m,n} into a warning when m is greater than n. This became an error in 5.12. I realize that the quoted section includes two things, now. I meant that we should convert the new-ish error to a warning, without expressing any opinion about unescaped {s. -- rjbsThread Previous | Thread Next