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From:
Larry Wall
Date:
July 6, 2006 09:27
Subject:
Re: namespaces, a single colon to separate HLL prefix?
Message ID:
20060706162700.GA19678@wall.org
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 09:09:08AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
:     use **perl5::DBI;

which, if you don't like the two-character form, you can spell:

    ⁑perl5::DBI

:-)

Hmm, hmm, speaking of sanity, how 'bout user-defined sigils and twigils:

    sigil ¢ = Capture;
    twigil ¬ = "NOTREALLY::";
    ¢¬foo;	# not really a capture...  :)

Larry

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