Re^4: Constant string reference

No, that's not right. Internals::functions may be used by user-code but only by code that allows that perl internals are allowed to change from version to version.

That's rather playing with semantics. The OP was presumably talking about real code, not introspection. The p5pers reserve the right to change or completely remove functions in Internals:: between releases.

Dave.

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Re^5: Constant string reference by diotalevi (Canon) on Dec 09, 2004 at 15:17 UTC
Real code uses introspection. The use of introspection doesn't cause code to cease to be called "real." Mind you, application level code is supposed to delegate this off to a module or such but that doesn't mean the module isn't also "real" or written by non-p5pers.	[reply]
Re^6: Constant string reference by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Dec 09, 2004 at 15:55 UTC
Are you advocating that people should use Internals::SvREADONLY in general production code? Dave.	[reply]
Re^7: Constant string reference by diotalevi (Canon) on Dec 09, 2004 at 16:45 UTC
No, not exactly. I'm just noting that if someone found it useful to write a SomeApplication::ReferenceSection or whatever and found it useful to have things readonly, they might use a function to toggle the readonly flag on their variables.	[reply]
Re^7: Constant string reference by ysth (Canon) on Dec 10, 2004 at 11:46 UTC
Only if they are willing to put up with possible breakage upon perl upgrade. And truly critical production code needs to be vetted anew for each perl upgrade anyway before going live.	[reply]