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> Shouldn't PL_throwing be true when we unwind due to an exception whether or not we are inside of an eval? Ah, yes it should. I'll move the assignment further...

@demerphq Much thanks :) I'll take a look again and see what the next steps ought to be

Huh. Exciting times: ``` $ bleadperl -E 'sub { goto &builtin::refaddr }->(0)' panic: pad_sv po at -e line 1. ``` Seems to be specifically related to the tailcall though, because...

I think it seems reasonable. The only big class of false-positive case I can think of is the `!$x == !$y` style of comparing booleans, but I see that is...

I should clarify the comments about `nomethod`: `nomethod` is invoked if we attempt to run an overload method but the class doesn't define it. It's a bit like AUTOLOAD. The...

@djerius > Since the limitations of the existing overload pragma artificially create a distinction due to the number of arguments it can handle, maybe its time to create a new...

@demerphq > I look at substr as being an operation that should call the stringify overload method, and then operate on the result. RFC13 seems to want to look at...

Furthermore: If we want to have a discussion about this overall concept, I would suggest we should discuss it in the wider context of RFC0013, rather than specifically within this...

> Classes cannot be redeclared. Declaring one more than once causes a compile time failure: > perl -E 'use experimental "class"; class Test; say "Got to here"; class Test' Cannot...