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On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 06:30:56PM -0600, Karl Williamson wrote:
> > I've never been entirely clear what the *actual* point of mathoms.c is.
> > I had always assumed it was to allow binary compatibility: i.e.
> > when something is converted from a function to a macro, XS code that
> > had been compiled to use that function would still dynamically link
> > against a newer perl in the same series.
>
> I was just guessing, based on the comments I saw, and the fact that it
> doesn't get cleaned out.
Unless anyone objects, I think we should
1) empty mathoms in blead now;
2) if no problems occur, add it as a new post-major-release step in the
RMG.
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