> Stop fucking around with syntax. If someone (including you) wants a new way to express the same thing, but shorter, they should pay the XS tax, not my userbase.

I don't get it,

• I showed two PP solutions ²
• XS is a voluntary intermediate step to speed up (I can't hack C anyway°)
• and if a feature is later included into a newer core, then syntax and semantics would stay the same.

In short: It runs on 20 year old Perl versions just slower.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

PS: How do I pay the XS tax? Invoice or credit card?

°) I'm fucking around, tho ...

update

²) wait, autobox does indeed require XS (I think it's overloading the -> operator)