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From:
Father Chrysostomos
Date:
January 31, 2017 20:34
Subject:
Re: Why is \c` deprecated?
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20170131203425.6003.qmail@lists-nntp.develooper.com
Sawyer X wrote:
> Are you asking why it is a deprecation vs. a continuous warning?

Yes.

> "it's been around since perl 4" is, in and of itself, not a convincing
> argument...

That it is longstanding, coupled with the lack of a compelling argu-
ment to remove the feature, is a compelling argument.

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