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Re: [perl #118511] Use of bare << to mean <<"" is deprecated - makea hard error

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From:
Steffen Mueller
Date:
June 27, 2013 07:40
Subject:
Re: [perl #118511] Use of bare << to mean <<"" is deprecated - makea hard error
Message ID:
51CBEC61.5070007@cpan.org
On 06/27/2013 09:12 AM, Peter Rabbitson wrote:
> However there is no ground for removal of a deprecated feature, which
> already issues warnings to such effect (i.e. newbies will not use such
> features mistakenly). By removing stuff solely to "honor a promise" is
> creating work for darkpan users with the sole benefit of pleasing
> someone aesthetically.

Ugh. Not true. It also means that people actually trust that we're 
serious about deprecations.

How you value that benefit is, of course, up to you to decide.

--Steffen

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