On Mon, May 08, 2023 at 01:23:25AM -0400, George Koehler wrote:
> On Sun, 7 May 2023 19:21:11 -0700
> Philip Guenther wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 6:13 AM Marc Espie
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm actually wondering whether keeping the prototype is worth it.
> > ...
> > For plain subs, I would
On Sun, May 07, 2023 at 07:21:11PM -0700, Philip Guenther wrote:
> Yeah, the downside of signatures is that by default it makes adding
> parameters a breaking change and can thus calcify the interface. Something
> for authors of shared modules that have callbacks to carefully consider. :/
So far
On Sun, 7 May 2023 19:21:11 -0700
Philip Guenther wrote:
> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 6:13 AM Marc Espie
> wrote:
>
> > I'm actually wondering whether keeping the prototype is worth it.
> ...
> For plain subs, I would only keep them if they _really_ help the calls look
> for more perl-ish, by whate
On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 6:13 AM Marc Espie
wrote:
> It is generally a good thing, I'm mostly talking about
> the "signatures" stuff that allows functions with stuff that looks like
> usual languages.
> Other benefits include somewhat "cheap" check for correct number of
> parameters
> and generally
It is generally a good thing, I'm mostly talking about
the "signatures" stuff that allows functions with stuff that looks like
usual languages.
Other benefits include somewhat "cheap" check for correct number of parameters
and generally making code shorter.
Basically this converts very perlish cod
