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* Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> [2013-08-13T21:16:27]
> I have added it, applied the tests to the branch, and fixed a few
> typos in the test script.
I also think, and I imagine this will raise some hackles, that we should
support this syntax in interpolation.
That is: $x->@* should be co-equal with @$x, which includes "$x->@*" acting as
"@$x".
So, there is an obvious backward compatibility concern. Users may have
written:
"Some sort of $foo->@*"
"Or maybe $x->$*" <-- would issue $* deprecation and mean "$x->" . undef
"Or $x->@{....}"
...or a number of other structures. In almost all cases, I feel that we have
nothing to fear. The first example, really, is going to be a non-issue.
Unfortunately, the third most likely is:
"$x->@{ \@b }"
What does "everybody else" think about permitting this? Presumably we would
need to hide it behind a feature flag, unfortunately.
> Now we just need documentation.
I will look at producing some, if no one beats me to it.
--
rjbs
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