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From:
Yuki Kimoto
Date:
August 17, 2021 06:46
Subject:
Re: removing the old-style package separator
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2021-8-17 14:48 Dan Book <grinnz@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> This proposal is for deprecation and removal, which would not be lexical
> as the parser would subsequently not support it at all.
>
> The alternative proposal of only disabling it within string interpolation
> could be a lexical feature. I don't think it's worth the complexity in
> either implementation or explaining why it works differently there, when
> the only uses of the feature are for jokes.
>
> -Dan
>

Although I personally agree with this proposal, Is it possible to tell me
about the Perl version ' is added and the Perl version :: is added for me
to imagine the impact of removal?
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