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On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 20:23:31 +0200, Martijn Lievaart <m@rtij.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> Thanks for the excelent writeup!
>
>
> Op 27-08-2021 om 14:08 schreef Paul "LeoNerd" Evans:
>
> ...
> > * What is the actual name for the fully-qualified namespace used
> > by these new functions? We used "builtin" during the discussion,
> > but if you have to `use` a module to get at them they can hardly be
> > said to be built-in
>
>
> std::<function> is nice and short, even if a bit c++ish.
>
>
> >
> > * What is the name of the shim-loader pragma module used to
> > obtain the shortname lexical aliases? It could match the function
> > namespace, but it doesn't have to. Other candidates include
> > "function" or "functions". Though they bear a visual similarity to
> > the "feature" module, which we are trying to avoid. Maybe there are
> > some other words to be found.
>
>
> use std '<function>'; would serve I think.
>
>
> > * What functions to actually include in this new namespace? We
> > already have quite a few candidates for places to look for existing
> > ideas, which should be sufficient to try out the mechanism before
> > we think about adding actually-new ones:
> > + `Scalar::Util`
> > + Existing features like `fc`
> > + UNIVERSAL.c
> > + The badly-named `Internals::`
> > + Commonly-used POSIX functions like `ceil()`
> > + Rarely-used POSIXisms in core perl like `gethostbyname`
>
> I cannot remember the last time I used ceil, but I use gethostbyname
> a lot. But that may just me. I do not see a huge added value from
> removing gethostbyname and others from the global namespace other
> than orthogonality, but I don't care to much either.
What he said.
I use POSIX::strptime more than ceil or floor
I would also suggest Time::Local functions: now you can make the names
default again instead of the silly long lames
> > * Should it interact with `use VERSION`? Since we're already in a
> > world where `use VERSION` implies strict + warnings + a feature
> > bundle, it would be easy enough to suggest that it also pulls
> > in a function bundle of the same version. It would be nice if
> > you could
> >
> > #!perl
> > use v5.40;
> > say "The reftype of arrays is ", reftype [];
>
> What to include and what not? As there is no backwards compatibility
> issue, it is just a matter of taste and bikeshedding, but I think
> restraint should be excerised. Once the deamon is out of the box, it
> cannot be put back.
>
> M4
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