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davidnicol at gmail Apr 25, 2012, 12:50 AM Views: 225 Permalink Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords [In reply to] On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 3:28 PM, John Imrie <j.imrie1 [at] virginmedia> wrote: > > On 04/04/2012 19:58, Johan Vromans wrote: >> >> "Father Chrysostomos via RT"<perlbug-comment [at] perl>  writes: >> >>> But there is one thing my plans did not address:  How should elsif and >>> else work?  If elsif is overridable like any other keyword, then what >>> happens in cases like this? >> >> Suggestion: Do not allow if, else, elseif to be overridden independently >> but treat them as one set of keywords. >> >> So you either override them all, or none. >> >> Does that make sense? >> >> -- Johan > > Opposing suggestion: > Allow overriding of if, else and elsif to be overridden independently but make > > CORE::KEYWORD::if etc. have the default semantics. > > John Opposing opposing and very possibly insane suggestion: redefine all keywords as overridable macros, thereby trading endless but unified drift for a profusion of local incompatible dialects. This could be called the "babel strawman" and it is an argument against allowing *any* flow control syntax to be overridden. -- In this document, the key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" are to be interpreted using situational ethics.

Subject User Time [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords perlbug-followup at perl Jan 15, 2012, 12:51 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Jan 16, 2012, 10:35 AM     [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords perlbug-comment at perl Jan 16, 2012, 1:28 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords perl.p5p at rjbs Jan 23, 2012, 6:56 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Apr 4, 2012, 11:58 AM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords j.imrie1 at virginmedia Apr 4, 2012, 1:28 PM             Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords davidnicol at gmail Apr 25, 2012, 12:50 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords ikegami at adaelis Apr 4, 2012, 1:47 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords ikegami at adaelis Apr 4, 2012, 1:53 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords rvtol+usenet at isolution Apr 5, 2012, 6:31 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords ikegami at adaelis Apr 22, 2012, 1:24 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords ikegami at adaelis Apr 22, 2012, 7:29 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords pagaltzis at gmx Apr 23, 2012, 3:01 AM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords pagaltzis at gmx Apr 23, 2012, 3:03 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords nick at ccl4 Apr 23, 2012, 2:02 PM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords dcmertens.perl at gmail Apr 23, 2012, 2:19 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords dcmertens.perl at gmail Apr 23, 2012, 3:24 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords fawaka at gmail Apr 23, 2012, 3:41 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords fawaka at gmail Apr 23, 2012, 4:25 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords nick at ccl4 Apr 24, 2012, 12:39 AM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords perl.p5p at rjbs May 31, 2012, 7:38 PM             Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords perl.p5p at rjbs May 31, 2012, 7:49 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Apr 24, 2012, 1:10 AM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords dcmertens.perl at gmail Apr 24, 2012, 3:58 AM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 24, 2012, 8:19 AM             Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Apr 24, 2012, 11:05 AM                 Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 24, 2012, 11:18 AM                     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Apr 24, 2012, 11:39 AM                         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 24, 2012, 11:49 AM                             Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Apr 24, 2012, 11:59 AM                         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Apr 24, 2012, 11:30 PM                             Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 24, 2012, 11:32 PM                     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords davidnicol at gmail Apr 25, 2012, 12:58 AM                     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords pagaltzis at gmx Apr 29, 2012, 3:15 AM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords ikegami at adaelis Apr 24, 2012, 9:06 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords davem at iabyn Apr 24, 2012, 6:30 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Apr 24, 2012, 11:24 AM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 24, 2012, 11:51 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 24, 2012, 1:15 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 24, 2012, 1:47 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords pagaltzis at gmx Apr 25, 2012, 4:29 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords jvromans at squirrel Apr 25, 2012, 1:20 PM         Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords demerphq at gmail Apr 25, 2012, 1:22 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 25, 2012, 1:34 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords ikegami at adaelis Apr 25, 2012, 3:09 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords doy at tozt Apr 25, 2012, 3:18 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords davidnicol at gmail Apr 26, 2012, 1:19 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords nick at ccl4 May 10, 2012, 7:47 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords ikegami at adaelis May 15, 2012, 9:55 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords zefram at fysh May 20, 2012, 4:40 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords zefram at fysh May 20, 2012, 4:59 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords zefram at fysh May 20, 2012, 5:08 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords zefram at fysh May 20, 2012, 3:10 PM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords zefram at fysh May 21, 2012, 2:59 AM     Re: [perl #108286] Wishlist: Overridable keywords zefram at fysh May 21, 2012, 5:00 AM

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