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On Mon Jul 23 19:44:36 2012, perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org wrote:
> * Father Chrysostomos via RT <perlbug-comment@perl.org> [2012-06-
> 14T20:56:39]
> > I think the only way to fix this properly is to make *{$foo}
> equivalent
> > to *{__PACKAGE__ ."::$foo"} in all cases where $foo is a string that
> > does not contain a package separator.
> >
> > That means that %{""} will refer to %:: in the main package, and to
> > %foo:: in the foo package.
>
> This doesn't seem nuts to me, and I'm hard pressed to imagine it
> breaking any
> code that is not both cowboy and cavalier... but:
>
> a) I'd like to hear if there are objections and
> b) how about we do a big ol' smoke?
>
> If you make this change, and core doesn't break like crazy, I can even
> have a
> look at using Steffen's smoking machinery. *Somebody* other than him
> has to
> learn to use it!
May I take you up on your offer? See the sprout/107370 branch.
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Father Chrysostomos
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