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Oodler 577 via perl5-porters
Date:
August 22, 2023 18:45
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Re: PPC Elevator Pitch for Perl::Types
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* Karen Etheridge <perl@froods.org> [2023-08-22 10:43:23 -0700]:

> On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 9:48?AM Oodler 577 via perl5-porters <
> perl5-porters@perl.org> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, it uses a source filter to start. Lots of things use source filters,
> > just like lots of things other parts of Perl. Short of carrying along
> > patches to core, I am not sure how you would really hook into the process
> > here.
> > ...
> > Fair enough. I'd like to ask, what recourse do we have to hook into the
> > perl
> > interpreter in the way that we are, if not to use the limited options
> > present
> > in perl? Criticizing source filters and any mention of tie is not fair
> > because
> > that's all we have. The alternative is also not feasible or fair. So what
> > do you suggest we do here?
> >
> 
> I wonder if you are not aware of the keyword plugging system, available
> since 5.14?
> It's used extensively by modules like List::Keywords and Object::Pad as
> ways to prototype new functionality that could eventually be brought into
> core (and indeed some of it has been, e.g. via Corinna).

Thank you, we had not looked at this but will.

Cheers,
Brett

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