Re: date interface (was Re: perl6 requirements, on bootstrap)

[Chaim Frenkel]

>>>>> "NW" == Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

NW> An existing Perl 5 script:
NW>    my $date = localtime();
NW> Could generate something like
NW>    "Function localtime() deprecated - use date() instead"

No, deprecations just as we are coming out of the gate. What goes in
is in for the long haul.

If it is decided (and I hope not) that localtime and its kin are verboten,
it should not exists _at all_ in Perl6 and any existance at all would be
only as a support module for Perl5 backward compatiblity.

<chaim>
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