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On Sun, 2012-10-28 at 17:08 +0000, Paul LeoNerd Evans wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 07:57:49AM +1100, Peter Rabbitson wrote: > > So, unless (in this > > case) Peter or a likeminded programmer is interested in starting a > > rudimentary perl API extension to make this feature CPAN-able, there are > > only two choices left: delay the feature *until* the former is possible, > > or close ones eyes and let it slip in the name of language evolution. > > I for one would much rather a good feature hang around and be delayed in > shipping, than have a bad feature go out early and have to be supported > forever more. > > We rushed ~~ and look where that got us... Or we just keep discussing what the parts are the we are sure of, make sure they are reasonably future-proof, and work on that. Trying to turn the discussion into a "ship half-arsed code so we change" vs. "don't ship broken code" feels non-constructive, and a bit insulting. regards, -- Robert 'phaylon' Sedlacek Perl 5 Consultant for Shadowcat Systems Limited - http://shadowcat.co.uk/Thread Previous | Thread Next