On 8/26/12 3:52 PM, Father Chrysostomos wrote: > Ricardo Signes wrote: >> This seems like complete madness. > > (I know I am quoting your words out of context, but they sound funnier that way.) > > Do we really need smart match at all? No. The facts that (a) smart match has already changed its meaning between Perl versions; and (b) smart match's problems continue to demand such attention at great length from so many prominent Perl programmers; means (c) that it is too unreliable for me to consider using it in production code anytime within the next five years. Thank you very much. Jim KeenanThread Previous | Thread Next