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demerphq
Date:
May 29, 2021 08:07
Subject:
Re: Namespaces (was Re: Revisiting trim)
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CANgJU+UTFXY3DebcaK8P=pxRCJwQO+9EzTc9svFCksj3r=v=7w@mail.gmail.com
On Sat, 29 May 2021 at 09:16, Salvador Fandiño <sfandino@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 28/5/21 22:48, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans wrote:
> > Unclear from this discussion whether it was explicitly pointed out, but
> > one thing I'd like to see from the "keyword" functions is that they
> > *not* appear in the package's symbol table.
>
> Yes, but not just for those "keywords".
>
> IMO, what is actually needed is a mechanism every module author could
> use to export functions as lexical subroutines in the caller.

But lets try not do anything that would break back-compat.

Yves


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