Re: RFC 230 (v1) Replace C built-in with pragmatically-induced C function

[Bart Lateur]

On 15 Sep 2000 19:18:18 -0000, Perl6 RFC Librarian quoted Damian Conway:

>I propose that the existing C<format> mechanism be removed from Perl 6
>and be replaced with a pragma-induced add-in function, based on
>the semantics of C<Text::Autoformat::form>, as described in 
>the following sections.

Can you please explain what's the difference between a module and a
pragma, and more particular, why it is important that this would become
a pragma?

Pragma's influence the behaviour of the Perl parser. That's all I know.

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        Bart.