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Sawyer X wrote:
> On 12/14/2017 06:10 AM, Father Chrysostomos wrote:
> > Paul Evans wrote:
> >> Ah; in that case I guess the only real option is to allow :lvalue
> >> upfront, before the signature then.
> >>
> >> sub foo :lvalue ($self) { $self->{foo} }
> > Yes. I this is my (and Zefram's) preferred syntax, because it
> > stresses the fact that the signature is actually part of body, just
> > written shorthand.
>
> This is simpler to resolve. We can allow subroutine attributes before
> and after.
But what do we do with attributes that affect compilation? Should we
croak when the attribute is seen after the signature? That would be
the cleanest way I think.
> The biggest problem is disambiguating from prototypes.
I consider that problem already solved, via the :prototype attribute.
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