[Melbourne-pm] Postfix conditionals and creating lexicals

[Mathew Robertson]

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> looks like targetting the specific idiom:
>   my $foo ... if 0
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> should warn about any
>   my $foo ... if ...
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> > So while we can argue about whether or not its a bug
>
> unintended dis-recommended 'features' are bugs, categorically
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> > If I get around to it I'll open a bug report, even if its just asking
> > for better warnings. I doubt I'll have time to work up a patch myself.
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> If can detect the pattern with 'use warnings', I guess not too hard
> to make it a syntax error in the core.  Maybe don't want to break
> existing abuse of it, so leave it in use warnings / use strict.
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Given that recent releases are specifically deprecating some functionality,
I dont see why this shouldn't be upgraded from warning, to error. ie: any
syntax of

my .... if ...
local .... if ...
our ... if ...

and dont forget 'unless'.
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