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Re: [perl #123069] signature/attribute syntax is awful

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From:
Олег Пронин
Date:
December 9, 2014 01:41
Subject:
Re: [perl #123069] signature/attribute syntax is awful
Message ID:
CABFBc44WRuiHM19TO2kDBGYLJGk9rKx36Gywuy5SRt2Jz=T7hQ@mail.gmail.com
среда, 29 октября 2014 г. пользователь Tim Bunce написал:

> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 12:41:34AM +0100, Leon Timmermans wrote:
> >
> >    I agree that feels more natural (), but this also feels like a
> >    highly subjective thing. IMO, ideally we'd allow both variations
> >    (because why wouldn't we?).
>
> Because of the extra cost for people to implement support for variations
> now.
> Because of the extra cost for people trying to maintain perl for years to
> come.
> Because of the extra cost for people trying to teach perl.
> Because of the extra cost for people trying to learn perl.
> Because of the extra cost for people trying to read other people's code.


then we have to remove ahalf of perls strange features like magical vars,
etc :-)


>
> (I don't have a strong view on this particular feature, I just wanted to
> point out that there are good reasons for now allowing multiple
> variations of some proposed feature.)
>
> Tim.
>


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