On 23 August 2024 15:04:32 BST, Stephen Reay <[email protected]> wrote:
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>I stand by the rest of my argument though. This entire ridiculous discussion about a huge BC
>break that introduces bizarre inconsistencies, is 100% because a handful of people don't want
>to type \.
Again, I'm not sure which straw man you're attacking. The largest BC break would be to
require users to type the leading backslash, in exchange for removing the current "bizarre
inconsistencies" and making functions resolve the same way as classes.
Other proposals aim to shift that balance - leaving some inconsistency, but less compatibility
break.
And most users don't object to using a leading backslash, they just (quite reasonably) have no
idea what impact it has on the ability of the engine to optimise their code.
Regards,
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]