Re: RFC 83 (v1) Make constants look like variables

[Philip Newton]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Mike Pastore wrote:

> $'bar = 'unchanging';  # klingon?

Of course, this is impossible unless Perl6 (finally?) drops compatibility
with the old Perl4 package separator '. Now, $'bar eq $::bar, and package
D'oh is package D::oh.

Has there ever been an RFC discussing retention or deletion of this
backwards-compatibility feature?

Cheers,
Philip
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