Re: RFC 263 (v1) Add null() keyword and fundamental data type

[Graham Barr]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 10:08:09PM -0700, Glenn Linderman wrote:
> Russ Allbery wrote:
> 
> > Why on earth would you want to do this in real code?
> 
> I wouldn't, of course.  This is just a demonstration that I want both
> semantics available concurrently.

If you are not going to use it, why implement it ?

> > I don't believe you actually need both semantics active at the same time;
> 
> I do.  Need might be a slightly stronger word than necessary, but "want" and
> "convenience" sure come strongly to mind... the proposals to switch from one
> set of semantics to another just don't cut it for ease of use.

How can you convince anyoone if you say you would not use it. For any feature
enhancement to perl, unless there is a strong case for how it makes
the labguage easier and better it is just not going to happen.

Graham.