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.


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Michael G. Schwern   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>    http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
Perl Quality Assurance      <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>         Kwalitee Is Job One
    And God created Cat to be a companion to Adam.  And Cat would not obey
Adam.  And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he
was not the supreme being.  And Adam learned humility.
        -- http://www.catsarefrommars.com/creationist.htm

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