Also, rule based syntax modification is lexically scoped, which is definitely handy...

How exactly is that supposed to work? It seems a bit paradoxical to me. Allowing lexical modification of the parser would have to happen at run-time; the only problem being that run-time is after compile-time :) I was under the impression that the process would be more like:

  1. The code must be in a BEGIN block or be use'd (same thing).
  2. The BEGIN block is parsed, compiled, and run with the current parser.
  3. When it is evident that parser rules are being overwritten, a copy of the parser is made.
  4. Modifications to the parser are actually made on the copy.
  5. When the BEGIN block exits, the modified parser becomes the real parser.

In reply to Re: Re: Re^2: NO PERL 6 by jryan
in thread NO PERL 6 by batkins

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