Re^2: Update to smartmatch

I don't know all the details

In a few words,

given, lexical $_ and smartmatching were added to Perl without enough vetting in 5.10.
In fact, smartmatching was so bad that it was tweaked in 5.10.1.
People starting noticing the problems with them, which resulted into a new policy: New features to be added to Perl would first be included as experimental features. By default, these warn when used.
given, lexical $_ and smartmatching were retroactively converted into experimental features in 5.18, effectively deprecating existing uses of them.
Lexical $_ was rolled back in 5.24.
given and smartmatching are being revamped for 5.28. It will still be an experimental feature, but it now has a chance of being released as normal part of Perl.

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Re^3: Update to smartmatch by Laurent_R (Canon) on Dec 26, 2017 at 20:06 UTC
Thank you, ikegami. In fact, I knew about the history of smartmatch and `given` (as well as lexical `$_`). I was only saying that I don't know the details on the most recent developments as described by Leon and brian (i.e. your point 6) and the discussions around these. But it's probably good to retell the story for the benefits of those monks who would not know or not remember.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Update to smartmatch by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 26, 2017 at 20:10 UTC
Two main threads: http://markmail.org/message/u22titrq5ljclz4b http://markmail.org/message/spv6sbj5lp2i4kht	[reply]
Re^5: Update to smartmatch by Laurent_R (Canon) on Dec 26, 2017 at 20:26 UTC
Thanks, ikegami, an interesting discussion.	[reply]