Re: RFC 59 (v1) Proposal to utilize C<*> as the prefix t

[Nathan Wiger]

> With the proliferation of special subroutine names (BEGIN, END, INIT,
> CHECK, etc.) the all capital subroutine names available to the
> programmer has steadily shrunk.  Rather than stealing subroutines from
> the programmer, we should create a space just for Perl.
> 
>         sub *BEGIN {
>             # do compile-time stuff
>             # Perl-special
>         }

I think this is a very valid point, but I don't think a special
character should be chewed up for this. In particular, I really don't
see typeglobs going away (they do some things you can't do otherwise).
Besides, subs already have a magic character - the word "sub".

Maybe just a convention like a leading underscore or two + CAPS?

   sub _TIESCALAR {}
   sub _FETCH {}
   sub _STORE {}
   sub _DESTROY {}

-Nate