Re: Flexible parsing (was Tying & Overloading)

[Larry Wall]

Dan Sugalski writes:
: Besides, having the site administrator forbid the installation of parser 
: tweaks might not be what is wanted. If we get PPython in there, a site may 
: well have a Python.pm module handy, and source might start:
: 
:    use site_policy qw(Python);
: 
: for modules that were all-Python, or
: 
:    use site_policy qw(Perl);
: 
: for ones that were all-perl. The site-policy file would, amongst other 
: things, perhaps lock down the parser so you couldn't switch languages in 
: mid-file.

I think we have to be careful here.  We should ask people to name site
policy files after their site, and not use a generic name like
"site_policy", since we'd be likely to end up with 20 different
"standard" site_policy files wandering around the net.  So something
like

    use OReilly::Policy;

or

    use Mongolian::Navy::ProcurementOffice::Policy;

might be more in order.

Larry