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Re: disabling smartmatch and when()?

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From:
Ricardo Signes
Date:
June 21, 2022 02:35
Subject:
Re: disabling smartmatch and when()?
Message ID:
c388bc4d-3f56-4437-ae62-3c6607e23369@www.fastmail.com
On Mon, Jun 20, 2022, at 12:58, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> In conclusion:
> 
> 1) we can't do nothing, and the longer we leave it the worse it gets.
> 
> 2) I think it is better to have a break where smartmatch/when() is a
> compile-time error for a few releases before introducing a new smartmatch
> with radically different behaviour, rather than just switching to the new
> behaviour with no gap.
> 
> 3) I am not opposed to a further deprecation cycle (possibly with a new
> mandatory warning), before we disable it.

Surprising no one, this is my position also.  I would be delighted to put in a straight up "smartmatch is deprecated and will be removed in v5.X" basically today.  I have wanted to rip this thing out almost since it got put in.  

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rjbs
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