Simon Cozens:
# Are you taking full account of what sort of magic may be
# performed between the two statements? :)
#
# Urgh:
# my Foo $foo;
# my Bar $bar;
# $foo := $bar; # Compile-time error?
Eww, gross.
# Also, Foo might change its nature, be replaced, import new
# methods from somewhere else, change its inheritance tree, or
# ... This is Perl - anything could happen, and often does.
Fine. In Perl 5 we have a restriction on when you can and can't use
parens on a subroutine--you can omit them when the sub is predeclared,
and Perl will assume that no magic is going on. I see nothing wrong
with this rule.
--Brent Dax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
@roles=map {"Parrot $_"} qw(embedding regexen Configure)
"If you want to propagate an outrageously evil idea, your conclusion
must be brazenly clear, but your proof unintelligible."
--Ayn Rand, explaining how today's philosophies came to be
