Re: Removing/fixing $[line noise here] variables

[Piers Cawley]

Steve Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> For deprecation, we should have a %PERL_DEPRECATED{mod}{thing} hash as
> well.  `mod' is `CORE', `FORMATS', etc, as above.  A value of 0 means the
> function is actually gone, 1 means it's disappearing next major release,
> 2 mean next minor, etc.  The programmer can control what happens when
> the feature is used by setting a %PERL_DEPRECATED{mod}{warning} value
> to 0 for default, 1 for once, 2 for never, etc, etc.

I *LIKE* this. Especically if a module author can do:

    BEGIN {
        @PERL_DEPRECATED{__PACKAGE__}{@deplist} = (1) x @deplist;
        @PERL_DEPRECATED{warnings}{__PACKAGE__}{@deplist} = (1) x @deplist;
    } 

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Piers