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use feature ':all' #17029
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From @djeriusCreated by @djeriusAs of Perl v5.16, the feature pragma has provided an import tag of :all. The documentation describes its use only in the negative, e.g. when explaining use v5.10.0; works via no feature ':all'; Is there a reason that one should not use ':all' positively? As in use feature ':all'; Today a Perl beginner posted on stackoverflow [1] about the While the beginner's dilemma opened up a pedagogical opportunity, it There's a handy CPAN module, 'latest', which gives the program access If there are no objections to using ':all' to import symbols, it would use feature ':all'; to get their code working, and point them at the feature pragma for Thanks as always for your efforts! Diab Perl Info
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From @iabynOn Fri, May 31, 2019 at 11:55:15AM -0700, Diab Jerius (via RT) wrote:
It defeats the whole purpose of feature.pm - which is to allow us to If people start adding "use feature ':all'" to their programs, then their -- |
The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open' |
From @djeriusOn Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 4:52 AM Dave Mitchell via RT
Thanks. I didn't appreciate that perspective. While the documentation doesn't explicitly indicate that ':all' may be Perhaps it might help to put in an explicit statement indicating that Diab |
I mis-typed the GH ref in the fix, this was fixed by fc5e067 |
Migrated from rt.perl.org#134156 (status was 'open')
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