RE: Are STOP and INIT good names? (was Re: [PATCH pod/perlmod.pod 5.005_63] Special Blocks For Less Than Gurus)

[Fisher Mark <fisherm@tce.com>]

> (If change must happen, though, then I like BEGIN_PARSE END_PARSE
> BEGIN_RUN END_RUN because packages have nothing to do with when code
> is executed.  The PARSE/RUN dichotomy is simple enough for people to
> be taught, and is crucial to understanding how much of Perl works, so
> I don't see that as a problem.  BEGIN and END can be grandfathered as
> aliases for BEGIN_PARSE and END_RUN)

I'll concur here. Although there might be legitimate uses for the packages
"BEGIN::" and "END::", until someone figures out what those uses are I feel
uncomfortable making them into empty packages.
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Mark Leighton Fisher            fisherm@tce.com
Thomson Consumer Electronics    Indianapolis IN
"Browser Torture Specialist, First Class"

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