Re^4: RFC: pragma pragmatic

The best reason I've seen for autocleaning a namespace is to prevent imported functions from being accidentally called as methods by a class's user. I can't remember seeing that problem myself, but something around the JSON module is tickling my mind.

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Re^5: RFC: pragma pragmatic by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 10, 2017 at 22:46 UTC
to prevent imported functions from being accidentally called as methods by a class's user I would have thought the automatic provision of the object handle as the first parameter would elicit sufficient errors to make tracking down the error/typo reasonably easy. (BTW: Good to see you back around.) With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". The enemy of (IT) success is complexity. In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. Suck that fhit	[reply]
Re^6: RFC: pragma pragmatic by chromatic (Archbishop) on Aug 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC
Yeah, it always felt like more of a theoretical problem than a widespread one, given the pervasiveness of the function/method conflation in Perl. Perl's just not built for that kind of safety.	[reply]