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On 09/25/2014 05:40 AM, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > * Abigail <abigail@abigail.be> [2014-09-25 11:00]: >> But what do we gain if we start forbidding it now? No doubt there's >> already code out there that does "use VERSION MODULE;", either on >> purpose, because the author was confused, or someone made a mistake. > > It does not fix existing code but would improve not-yet-written code. > Which is always the point of tension in such matters. > >> I'm with bulk88 on this one; since it's DWIM, my vote is to keep it. >> (And then we may want to add a test, and document it). > > My vote too. > > But document it as discouraged, IMO. Not just because it is bad to use > the construct, but also: while there is no need to break anyone’s code > now, the syntax seems fairly likely to complicate or block new features > for `use`. Should that ever occur, it should not cause huge controversy > at that time to deprecate it. And that requires keeping usage low now. > +1 to early containment of the problem!Thread Previous | Thread Next