Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 00:47, Damian Conway wrote: > >> sub load_data ($filename) { load_data($filename, 1) } >> >> sub load_data ($filename, $version) {...} > > Interesting. This brings goto to mind. Above, I could just assume > that inlining will happen, but what about goto? Obviously: > > sub load_data($filename) { goto &load_data } > > would be ambiguous, and would throw away the (now lexical) > $filename. > > I can't see any way to usefully preserve the old new meaning of > goto. Is this a good thing?
If we're getting continuations then, where we're going we won't need goto. -- Piers "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite." -- Jane Austen?