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From:
Darren Duncan
Date:
June 29, 2020 05:44
Subject:
Re: Announcing Perl 7
Message ID:
a37dfb41-3d6a-ff67-ad7d-2fe5ea086549@darrenduncan.net
On 2020-06-28 10:31 p.m., Tony Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:42:30PM +0300, Sawyer X wrote:
>> 2. "use v" turns on *everything* till this version.
> 
> "use v" turns on whatever we choose to turn on for that version, and
> turns off all other features.  If we choose, use v7 can disable the
> indirect "feature", or multidimensional if that's merged.

That's right.  Saying "use v7" does not mean turning on all the features that 
exist, it only means turn on or off all the features we want on or off by 
default for Perl 7.  What it turns on is exactly the same set as is under 
discussion as the Perl 7 defaults. -- Darren Duncan

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