On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 10:56:27AM +0100, Daniel Brockman wrote:
: That problem is not specific to this feature.  For any package
: that changes the syntax, you can ask "what about eval?"
: 
: So... what *about* eval? :-)

Always parses with the parser in effect at that point, the same one you'd
get if you asked for $?PARSER.

: > trying to change that in a scoped way will only cause pain
: > somewhere else.
: 
: If so, then that is a symptom of a wider problem.  I mean,
: wasn't Perl 6 supposed to make this kind of hack a breeze?

Sure, but you still have to deal with the consequences of your choices.
You can still be tried for murder even if you only ever kill people
on Tuesday.  Perl 6 is just trying to make it easier for you to kill
people on Tuesday without accidentally killing people on Saturday.

Larry

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