Hildo Biersma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Piers Cawley wrote:
> > =head1 ABSTRACT
> >
> > C<my Big::Long::Prefix::Class $object = Big::Long::Prefix::Class-E<gt>new>
> > is a pain in the bum to type. We should replace this with
> >
> > use namespace 'Big::Long::Prefix';
> > my ::Class $object = ::Class->new;
>
> This is a bit dangerous, since we can get into ambiguities again.
> If I have A::B::C::Foo, A::B::C::Bar, X::Y::Z::Foo and X::Y::Z::Bar,
> I'd like to use shorthands for A::B::C's Foo and X::Y::Z's Bar at the
> same time.
Well you can't. The patch that I pinched this RFC from is a lexically
scoped affair, so if you want to use a different namespace somewhere
else you are free to do so:
use namespace 'A::B::C';
my ::Foo = ::Foo->new;
use namespace 'X::Y::Z';
my ::Foo = ::Foo->new
should work.
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Piers
