The lexical-scope approach makes it possible for a compiler to inline functions and optimize leaf calls, because it knows they don't need to be visible externally.
It also means the owner of the module is free to change their implementation without people whining about functionality that was never intended to be part of the public contract. > From: [email protected] > ... > Is there anything there that helps? Otherwise, is this an example of > where Perl 6 inadvertantly became more difficult to use or an example > where defaults just changed and on purpose? i.e. did Perl 6 purposely ... _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
