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From:
H.Merijn Brand
Date:
February 24, 2017 15:41
Subject:
Re: The tricky issue of do()
Message ID:
20170224164051.6273ed57@pc09.procura.nl
On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:43:01 +0100, Bo Lindbergh
<2bfjdsla52kztwejndzdstsxl9athp@gmail.com> wrote:

> Quoth Zefram:
> > Karl Williamson wrote:  
> >> If it really is the case that we can't change it, this sounds important
> >> enough to make new behavior turned on via a feature,  
> > 
> > That would just be confusing.  Better to leave do() alone and simply
> > add a subroutine (exported from some module in the ordinary manner)
> > that exhibits the preferred behaviour.  
> 
> Enter Acme::DoOrDie, coming soon to a CPAN mirror near you.

Acme::TruthOrDare ?

> /Bo Lindbergh


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