Re: RFC 89 (v2) Controllable Data Typing

[Nathan Wiger]

> The strict directive, is set to croak when an attempt to change the
> value of constant $str22 is made. Use of
> 
>         use strict(constdie);

Overall the proposal looks good. However, I think this should just be
"use strict 'constants'". This makes it consistent:

   use strict qw(vars subs constants);

The mode of operation for strict is to die on errors. As such, the "die"
in "constdie" is redundant. And while "constants" is longer than
"consts", it's a word and much easier to remember (your brain chunks
words but not non-words).*

Then, if you just want to issue warnings, do something like "use
warnings 'constants'".

-Nate

* However, if the keyword ends up being 'const' then 'consts' might be
more appropriate.