[perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)"

On Tue Sep 17 12:18:25 2013, LeonT wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Dagfinn Ilmari Manns�ker <
> perlbug-followup@perl.org> wrote:
> 
> > It's been deprecated (and emitting a warning) since perl 5.000, and
> > support for it consitutes nearly 3% of the grammar.
> >
> 
> Can't we just have a policy of removing features that were deprecated in
> 5.000 without further discussion? Pretty please?

I would like to see a policy that deprecated feature are removed when
they get in the way of further developement, and not otherwise.  The
lack of a policy either way is what causes discussion.

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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• [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
• Re: [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by Vincent Pit
• Re: [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by Leon Timmermans
• Re: [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by H.Merijn Brand
• [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by Ricardo Signes
• [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by Ricardo Signes
• Re: [perl #119791] [PATCH] Remove support for "do SUBROUTINE(LIST)" by Father Chrysostomos