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On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:20:41 +0000 (UTC) Ovid via perl5-porters <perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote: > * Strict, warnings, utf8 source, signatures, and "no feature 'indirect'" by default We can't make the "module" keyword visible without a feature flag. "use VERSION" will still be needed and that enables all the nice stuff anyway. Well, apart from "use utf8". It's been decided that it's a bad default: https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2021/08/msg261164.html > * :export is handled natively leaving the import() free for other uses I don't see why a new keyword is needed for that. If we want ':export' attribute (which is an interesting idea), it can be implemented without the "module" keyword. Perl already supports attributes on subs and we already have a few built-in ones (such as :const, :method etc.). The "package" keyword currently doesn't take attributes, but I think it can be changed. "package Foo :bar" is a syntax error, so it probably doesn't conflict with anything. We should be always wary of adding new keywords, especially the ones that do the same thing as already existing keywords but slightly differently. We will be stuck with both keywords forever. It will make the language more complex and confusing. Of course, I'm not saying we should never do this, but we must carefully weigh the costs and benefits. In this case, I'm not convinced the benefits are big enough. >* Yields a `1` to avoid needing to add `1` at the end of every file. I think we should get rid of that misfeature completely.Thread Previous | Thread Next