So 5.8.0 is out.

As always, the first document I dig into when a new perl comes out is perldelta. In section New Modules and Pragmata we have:

Attribute::Handlers, originally by Damian Conway and now maintained by Arthur Bergman, allows a class to define attribute handlers. Both variables and routines can have attribute handlers. Handlers can be specific to type (SCALAR, ARRAY, HASH, or CODE), or specific to the exact compilation phase (BEGIN, CHECK, INIT, or END).

Anyway, in the same document, you read:

The my EXPR : ATTRS syntax now applies variable attributes at run-time. (Subroutine and our variables still get attributes applied at compile-time.) Note that the new semantics doesn't work with the Attribute::Handlers module (as of version 0.76).

The question is: how do you read these?

• Attribute::Handlers is bundled with perl, and hence standard: trust it but don't use it for lexical variables;
• Attributes specification and usage is still in fieri: experiment with them but don't trust them, even though Attribute::Handlers is there;
• use attributes (and Attribute::Handlers), but be warned that...;
• don't use attributes at all, they are evil and unuseful!!!
• bronto is a plain dumb and this question doesn't deserve my attention.

Any drop of wisdom for me?

Ciao!
--bronto

# Another Perl edition of a song:
# The End, by The Beatles
END {
  $you->take($love) eq $you->made($love) ;
}

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