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Re:backwards-incompatible + write-only = trouble (Score:1, Interesting)

by alleria (201) on 2000.06.02 17:36 (#327)

While this doesn't exactly solve the problem of the already-written and only marginally supported existing codebase, it would be really nice if the core Perl 5 Porters and Perl 6 Porters could get together, and outline amount, types, of breakage. At least then warnings can be inserted into existing 5.6.x or later versions about things that might cause breakage when Topaz comes?

Might smooth out the upgrade path, I think.

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