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Re: PPC Elevator Pitch for Perl::Types

From:
Leon Timmermans
Date:
August 22, 2023 22:29
Subject:
Re: PPC Elevator Pitch for Perl::Types
Message ID:
CAHhgV8hd9fMkK8rm6cm231Q2vyRAmG34LXgeq4D935o2GA9TXA@mail.gmail.com
On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:22 AM Christian Walde <walde.christian@gmail.com>
wrote:

> that said: is there a known pause policy regarding your identified
> behavior of squatting?
>

«Perl reserves all lowercase namespaces for pragmas. That doesn't mean you
can't write a pragma, but you should get the blessing of p5p (
perl5-porters@perl.org).» [1]

So there is a contingency policy for namespaces like these, though I don't
think we've ever used it.

Leon

1:
https://pause.perl.org/pause/query?ACTION=pause_namingmodules#All_lowercase_name



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