Re: Language RFC Summary 4th August 2000

[Nick Ing-Simmons]

Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>At 11:40 AM 8/5/00 +0000, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
>>Damian Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >   > It definitely is, since formats do things that can't be done in 
>> modules.
>> >
>> >Such as???
>>
>>Quite.
>>
>>Even in perl5 an XS module can do _anything at all_.
>
>It can't access data the lexer's already tossed out. 

A source filter can, but not elegantly.

>That's where the 
>current format format (so to speak) runs you into trouble.
>
>                                       Dan
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