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On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 02:27:31AM +0000, Zefram wrote:
> Where a single item is being lexicalised, as in "my $x", the item is
> syntactically required to be a scalar, array, or hash. Thus "my &z"
> is rejected early on. But where a parenthesised list of items is being
> lexicalised, the syntax permits the parens to contain any expression
> whatsoever. The restriction on what can be lexicalised is instead
> implemented by walking the optree of the completed list, checking that
> it semantically only contains acceptable items. Hence this difference
> in diagnostics:
>
> $ ./perl -le 'my &z'
> syntax error at -e line 1, near "my &z"
> Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
> $ ./perl -le 'my(&z)'
> Can't declare subroutine entry in "my" at -e line 1, at EOF
> Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
Is there any reason why a my() list can't be enforced (in a strict manner)
by the lexer / grammar itself rather than post-hoc by optree inspection?
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