On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 07:03:13AM -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> I wouldn't mind an optional OO contract system in the core of Perl,
> but this may be a case of "why do it in core when a module will work?"
<football> Isn't this rather a language issue? </football>
> Since OO contracts are typically turned off in production code any
> performance gains from adding it to the core wouldn't matter much.
Similarly, any performance loss from not having it in core would be
irrelevant. Good that some people are still thinking in terms of the
"can it be done in a module" maxim, anyway.
> What we might want to do is ask Damian and Abigail (who have been
> CC'd) if they have any feature requests which would allow them to
> make their modules better/faster/more complete.
Yep, this would solve a specific problem in a general manner. I like
that. :)
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