Re: [perl #48735] [DEPRECATED] :: in PIR identifiers

2007-12-21 Thread jerry gay
On Dec 21, 2007 8:50 AM, Klaas-Jan Stol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 21, 2007 3:53 PM, Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Klaas-Jan Stol via RT wrote: > > > On Sun Dec 16 21:11:34 2007, coke wrote: > > >> From PDD 19: > > >> > > >> NOTE: The use of C<::> in identifiers is deprec

Re: [perl #48735] [DEPRECATED] :: in PIR identifiers

2007-12-21 Thread Klaas-Jan Stol
On Dec 21, 2007 3:53 PM, Allison Randal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Klaas-Jan Stol via RT wrote: > > On Sun Dec 16 21:11:34 2007, coke wrote: > >> From PDD 19: > >> > >> NOTE: The use of C<::> in identifiers is deprecated. > >> > > what exactly does this mean? > > > > I take it that "::" can stil

Re: [perl #48735] [DEPRECATED] :: in PIR identifiers

2007-12-21 Thread Allison Randal
François Perrad wrote: In Lua, I started to replace (see r23367) : [ 'Lua::io' ] by [ 'Lua'; 'io' ] Also a good change. This gains you the benefits of true hierarchical namespaces, and means that different languages that use different characters as class name separators can use your

Re: [perl #48735] [DEPRECATED] :: in PIR identifiers

2007-12-21 Thread Allison Randal
Klaas-Jan Stol via RT wrote: On Sun Dec 16 21:11:34 2007, coke wrote: From PDD 19: NOTE: The use of C<::> in identifiers is deprecated. what exactly does this mean? I take it that "::" can still appear in typenames, as in "PAST::Op" Yes, that's still fine. In fact, any character that can b

Re: [perl #48735] [DEPRECATED] :: in PIR identifiers

2007-12-21 Thread François Perrad
Klaas-Jan Stol via RT wrote: On Sun Dec 16 21:11:34 2007, coke wrote: From PDD 19: NOTE: The use of C<::> in identifiers is deprecated. what exactly does this mean? In Lua, I started to replace (see r23367) : [ 'Lua::io' ] by [ 'Lua'; 'io' ] François I take it that "::

Re: [perl #48735] [DEPRECATED] :: in PIR identifiers

2007-12-20 Thread Will Coleda
-- Will "Coke" Coleda On Dec 20, 2007, at 12:49 PM, "Klaas-Jan Stol via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On Sun Dec 16 21:11:34 2007, coke wrote: From PDD 19: NOTE: The use of C<::> in identifiers is deprecated. what exactly does this mean? I take it that "::" can still appear in type

[perl #48735] [DEPRECATED] :: in PIR identifiers

2007-12-20 Thread Klaas-Jan Stol via RT
On Sun Dec 16 21:11:34 2007, coke wrote: > From PDD 19: > > NOTE: The use of C<::> in identifiers is deprecated. > what exactly does this mean? I take it that "::" can still appear in typenames, as in "PAST::Op", but not, for instance like so: .local int some::var Is that it?

[perl #48735] [DEPRECATED] :: in PIR identifiers

2007-12-16 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #48735] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=48735 > >From PDD 19: NOTE: The use of C<::> in identifiers is deprecated. -- Will "Coke" Cole