Re: RFC 290 (v1) Remove -X

[Damian Conway]

   > > > I'd even go so far as to say that the current -X syntax should be
   > > > _extended_, to allow for multiple tests at once, maybe by way of a
   > > > leading caret (mnemonic "all"):
   > > > 
   > > >         -^rwx; # $_ is readable, writable and executable
   > > > 
   > > >         ($size, $mod, $acc, $ichange) = -^sMAC;
   >
   > The use of a caret was to prevent decimation of the user's namespace, 

But the syntax already has a meaning under the very popular RFC 23: Higher
Order Functions.  :-(

Damian