Michael G Schwern writes: : On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 03:27:29PM -0500, Casey West wrote: : > So you're suggesting that we fake lexical scoping? That sounds more : > icky than sticking to true lexical scoping. A block dictates scope, : > not before and not after. I don't see ickyness about making that : > so. : : Perl5 already fakes lexical scoping all over the place. A lot of that : fakery can be removed from the language, yes, but in the case of block : conditions it seems that DWIMery should win over orthoginality.
It may seem that way to you, but it doesn't seem that way to me, seemingly. Larry
