The power of =

You asked:

btw, why doesn't the power of => kick in "use base { FOO::BAR => 1 };"?

I _think_ that's because the => only quotes the immediately preceding bareword. So you're probably running into the same issue you'd have if you tried to do

use base { HYPHENATED-MODULE => 2.1 };
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But that's all just guessing.
--
Mike

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(tye)Re: The power of "fat comma" by tye (Sage) on Mar 27, 2002 at 00:24 UTC
I believe that it is simply a bug. I recall discussing this before but can't find a node on it. I think it is fixed in 5.6.1, but I don't have that handy either. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply]
Re: (tye)Re: The power of "fat comma" by IlyaM (Parson) on Mar 27, 2002 at 15:21 UTC
I don't know if it is bug or feature :) but indeed `Foo::Bar => 1` syntax seems to work in 5.6.1 but not in 5.005 (I haven't checked it on other versions). -- Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)	[reply] [d/l]