Re: "::" considered harmful (was Re: Global not found between PIR and PMC)

2006-03-14 Thread Leopold Toetsch
On Mar 14, 2006, at 18:33, Chip Salzenberg wrote: On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:06:10PM +0100, Leopold Toetsch wrote: ('::' is the namespace delimiter according to pdd21 and not to be taken literally) Indeed so; but the Perl and C++ usage is so ingrained that people are still instinctively t

"::" considered harmful (was Re: Global not found between PIR and PMC)

2006-03-14 Thread Chip Salzenberg
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 01:06:10PM +0100, Leopold Toetsch wrote: > ('::' is the namespace delimiter according to pdd21 and not to be taken > literally) Indeed so; but the Perl and C++ usage is so ingrained that people are still instinctively trying to use it. So, it's time for a bigger hammer. F